Hello!
On 7/30/20 2:37 PM, Yoshihiro Shimoda wrote:
>> From: Yuusuke Ashizuka, Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 7:02 PM
>> Subject: [PATCH v2] ravb: Fixed the problem that rmmod can not be done
>
> Thank you for the patch! I found a similar patch for another driver [1].
It's not the same case -- that driver hadn't had the MDIO release code at all
before that patch.
> So, we should apply this patch to the ravb driver.
I believe the driver is innocent. :-)
> [1]
> fd5f375c1628 ("net-next: ax88796: Attach MII bus only when open")
>
>> ravb is a module driver, but I cannot rmmod it after insmod it.
>
> I think "When this driver is a module, I cannot ..." is better.
Perhaps "... is built as a module".
>> ravb does mdio_init() at the time of probe, and module->refcnt is incremented
>
> I think "This is because that this driver calls ravb_mdio_init() ..." is
> better.
Yep.
> According to scripts/checkpatch.pl, I think it's better to be a maximum
> 75 chars per line in the commit description.
Yes.
(Note that for the source code the new length limit is 100, not 80.)
>> by alloc_mdio_bitbang() called after that.
>> Therefore, even if ifup is not performed, the driver is in use and rmmod
>> cannot
>> be performed.
That's not really obvious...
>> $ lsmod
>> Module Size Used by
>> ravb 40960 1
>> $ rmmod ravb
>> rmmod: ERROR: Module ravb is in use
Shouldn't the driver core call the remove() method for the affected devices
first, before checking the refcount?
>> Fixed to execute mdio_init() at open and free_mdio() at close, thereby rmmod
>> is
>
> I think "Fixed to call ravb_mdio_init() at open and ravb_mdio_release() ..."
> is better.
> However, I'm not sure whether that Sergei who is the reviwer of this driver
> accepts
> the descriptions which I suggested though :)
The language barrier isn't the only obstacle. :-)
> By the way, I think you have to send this patch to the following maintainers
> too:
> # We can get it by using scripts/get_maintainers.pl.
> David S. Miller <[email protected]> (maintainer:NETWORKING
> DRIVERS,commit_signer:8/8=100%)
> Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
>
> Best regards,
> Yoshihiro Shimoda
For the future, please trim your reply before the patch starts as you
don't comment on the patch itself anyway...
>> possible in the ifdown state.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yuusuke Ashizuka <[email protected]>
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MBR, Sergei
