Dear all, programming kernel modules, I struggled quite often over a problem when unloading modules: Sometimes, rmmod hangs. When I kill rmmod the to-be-unloaded module remains in there but with size of zero: # lsmod [...] ip_conntrack 0 0 (deleted) [...] # rmmod ip_conntrack rmmod: module ip_conntrack is not loaded # lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: P [...] ip_conntrack 0 0 (deleted) [...] However, when I try to insmod the module again: # insmod ip_conntrack Using /lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack.o insmod: a module named ip_conntrack already exists I assume that it is my mistake that the module cannot be unloaded. However, is there a way to enforce insmod to re-insert the module? Thanks for any help, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and Phone: +41/1/632 7312 Networks Laboratory (TIK) Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED; Gloriastr. 35 Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7 CH-8092 Zurich -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
