Re: Unable to remove kernel module showing permanent using lsmod

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On 03/24/2011 01:38 PM, Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:08, sakthi selvam<sakthi.cdm@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> But in my case, cleanup module also available in memory, after loading
>> the module. I used to check using the file in /proc/kallsyms for the
>> availability of cleanup module in memory.
> AFAIK, such thing could happen due to certain data structure(s) from
> that module that are continously accessed or locked. So, to avoid race
> condition ( and missing pointer), keeping the module in memory is the
> right way to do.
>
> But of course, AFAIK too, you can try rmmod -f. But the risk is all yours.
>
I got same problem too. Doing rmmod -f doesnt solve it. Any other solution?

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