tree 4358f489334f856690ef4a451c433829352daf19
parent 7ad04b0d0ebed1844522dd83cca0ef838d1ac673
author Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> 1144734868 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> 1144761525 -0700

[PATCH] module support: record in vermagic ability to unload a module

An UML user reported (against 2.6.13.3/UML) he got kernel Oopses when
trying to rmmod (on a kernel with module unloading enabled) a module
compiled with module unloading disabled.  As crashing is a very correct
thing to do in that case, a solution is altering the vermagic string to
include this too.

Possibly, however, the code should not crash in this case, even if the
module didn't support unloading - it should simply abort the module
removal.  In this case, fixing that bug would be a better solution.  I've
not investigated though.

(akpm: a bit marginal - root screwed up and shot himself in the foot).

Cc: Hayim Shaul <hayim@post.tau.ac.il>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>