Re: unable to rmmod

["sahlot arvind" <asahlot@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure but I think once oops happens then you may or may not remove the module. I think it really depends on how much the oops has affected the system. Try force remove though but I vaguely recall the same problem and I had to resort to reboot.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:28 AM, <Madhukar.Mythri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
> i m facing this prob from long that when i use a module which i have
just inserted.
> now suppose by mistake some kernel oops occur null pointer exception
lets say ..
> now my program which was using the function of module is closed .
> so in my knowledge no one is using my module now.

> now i corrected the mistake in module re compiled it and tried to
rmmod previous version of module.
> but error came as module is in use cannot rmmod....

>i tried to rmmod by force too but its not working ...

>now to remove earlier module i had to restart PC ...that's a
headache...

Its not clear,
Are you trying to remove a module, which got kernel-oops ?


Regards,
Mythri.

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