Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] firmware loader: Introduce new API - request_firmware_abort()

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On Mon, 03 Nov 2014, Kweh Hock Leong wrote:
> Note for people who use request_firmware_nowait():
> You are required to do your own synchronization after you call
> request_firmware_abort() in order to continue unloading the
> module. The example synchronization code shows below:
> 
> while (THIS_MODULE && module_refcount(THIS_MODULE))
> 	msleep(20);

This is _so_ asking for people to get it wrong, it is not funny :-(

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