Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/8] netback: get/put module along with vif connect/disconnect

From: David Vrabel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:02:48 +0000

On 15/02/13 16:00, Wei Liu wrote:
> If there is vif running and user unloads netback, guest's network interface
> just mysteriously stops working. So we need to prevent unloading netback
> module if there is vif running.

It's not mysterious -- it is cleanly disconnected, and will reconnect
when the module is reinserted.

Being able to unload modules while they are in use is standard so I
don't think this should be applied.

David