[Gllug] Modules vs Static in Kernel

[Doug Winter]

On Fri 18 Jul Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> At 15:55 18/07/2003, you wrote:
> >Unloading modules is, in the general case, unsafe and shouldn't really
> >be done.
> 
> Given that sane USB support hangs on this very principle, I'd be interested 
> to know what you mean by "unsafe" and why you think so.

It's full of potentially dangerous race conditions.  Why do you think
sane USB support hangs on the principle of module unloading?

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