> >> Implement in-module ref-counting, and do not allow auto-unload if there > >> are existing references. > >> > >> Note that manual unloading is not prevented. > >> > >> OK christos@ > >> > >> XXX Also note that there is still a small window where the ref-count can > >> XXX be decremented, and then the process/thread preempted. If auto-unload > >> XXX happens before that thread can return from the module's code, bad > >> XXX things (tm) could happen. > > > >in this case, please simply disallow unload for this module always. > >if the race is fixed, it can be enabled again. > > I think that most module unloads suffer from this race, any ideas how to > fix it?
phase one: disable auto-unload. phase two: ??? the rest left as an exercise for the reader. :-)
