From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:10:23 -0700 So it is possible for the module to go away before the DST entry is released by dev_put() in the garbage collection (by timer). At that point the destructor points to dead memory. No it's NOT! Until the dev_put() occurs, the device and therefore the MODULE that implements the device, may not go away! We cannot have a meaningful conversation about this topic until you understand this. Each device reference equals a module reference and therefore prevents the module from being unloaded. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
