Re: [PATCH 6/8] crypto: qat - Convert to new AEAD interface

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On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 06:42:04AM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> On 08/04/2015 06:32 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > What if someone calls adf_remove? For a software implementation
> > you can prevent the algorithm from going away by holding module
> > reference counts.  But a device can always be removed and you're
> > not going to stop that no matter how many reference counts you
> > hold :)
> 
> No way! It is defined as static ;)

It's exported as a PCI device, no? PCI devices can be removed
at any time through sysfs.

Cheers,
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