[TRIVIAL] [2.5 patch] MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD must depend on MODULE_UNLOAD (fwd)

Rusty Trivial Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:25:21 +1100


From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>

Hi Linus,

the patch in the mail forwarded below is still needed in 2.5.56.
Rusty already stated that the patch is correct.

Please apply
Adrian


----- Forwarded message from Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> -----

Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 00:07:42 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>,
rusty@rustcorp.com.au,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [2.5 patch] MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD must depend on MODULE_UNLOAD

On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 02:55:01PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>...
> Loadable module support
>
> Does "Module unloading" mean whether or not I can run "rmmod"?
> And if I deselect this, why can I still select "Forced module
> unloading"? Either I can unload or I can't, no?
>...

Thanks for spotting this, after reading kernel/module.c it seems obvious
to me that you are right. The following simple patch fixes it:

--- trivial-2.5.57/init/Kconfig.orig 2003-01-14 12:11:56.000000000 +1100
+++ trivial-2.5.57/init/Kconfig 2003-01-14 12:11:56.000000000 +1100
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@

config MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD
bool "Forced module unloading"
- depends on MODULES && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on MODULE_UNLOAD && EXPERIMENTAL
help
This option allows you to force a module to unload, even if the
kernel believes it is unsafe: the kernel will remove the module

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