On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:27, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:16:01PM +0200, Ariel Biener wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > > > > > > > It makes no difference at all. What purpose would it supposedly serve? > > > > Freing up memory, > > Until recently, unloading module didn't actually free up the memory, > IIRC. In any case, we're talking about minuscule ammount of > memory. >
The module should free all its memory on remove or its causing memory leaks. The kernel itself frees up the memory used for keeping track of the module. The amount of memory actually freed depends on the module. It could affect performance too, depending on the module as loading the module can cause callbacks to be called. It also opens security risks as there are more things to exploit. > > sometimes some modules have bugs and can be exploited in ways beyond > > us, > > Then they shouldn't be loaded in the first place, not to mention > fixed. > > > and also, software tends to interract. > > Same as above. Anyway, silly argument. > > Cheers, > Muli ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
