Am Freitag, 18. Juli 2003 16:09 schrieb Martin Diehl:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>
> > > OTOH I tend to agree with people saying module use count==0 indicates the
> > > module is unused and thus can be safely removed. Personally I'd expect the
> > > hcd's use count to increase with every interface claimed by client driver.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> >
> > usb_hcd_pci_remove should run and cause a disconnect of your storage device.
>
> Yes sure. But do we really want people seeing the hcd reportedly unused to
> rmmod their hcd and thus trigger an unintended disconnect - with corrupted
> fs as a consequence?
We cannot prevent people from unplugging devices, which has the same
consequences. So why would we make provisions to keep root from doing
one more foolish thing?
Regards
Oliver
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