[Ksummit-discuss] No more module removal -- Unconference track

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 08:47:38AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 06:40:29PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > Why can't we just taint the kernel on module removal?
> > 
> Why not just fix its bugs ?
> 
> If you want to taint the kernel on module removal because it is known that many
> drivers have bugs in their removal code, you should taint the kernel if any code
> is used which is known to have a bug. Or, in other words, just taint the kernel,
> period.

If you rmmod a module it probably means that your code was buggy before
you started the rmmod.  We already taint the kernel when the kernel
oopses.  It's the same thing.

regards,
dan carpenter