Cleanup: use `modprobe --remove` rather than `rmmod`
Background
==========
According to the rmmod(8) man page:
rmmod is a trivial program to remove a module (when module unloading
support is provided) from the kernel. Most users will want to use
modprobe(8) with the -r option instead.
`rmmod` simply unloads the provided module and decrements the refcount
of the modules it depended on but doesn't unload those dependencies if
their refcount is zero.
Issue
=====
With the following scenario we can end up if modules with a zero
refcount still loaded in the kernel:
modprobe lttng-test
lttng-sessiond
... (test case) ...
ctrl+c sessiond
rmmod lttng-test
When we teardown the lttng-sessiond, some modules are kept in the kernel
because the `lttng-test` module depends on them. So unloading
`lttng-test` using `rmmod` keeps those dependencies in the kernel.
Solution
========
Use `modprobe --remove` to unload modules and their now unused
dependencies.
From the modprobe(8) man page:
-r, --remove
This option causes modprobe to remove rather than insert a module.
If the modules it depends on are also unused, modprobe will try to
remove them too. Unlike insertion, more than one module can be
specified on the command line
Note
====
This commit also replaces existing uses of `modprobe -r` to `modprobe
--remove` for consistency.
Signed-off-by: Francis Deslauriers <francis.deslauriers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Change-Id: I7be83a645097e1eddd478cfbb717906b971f04ea
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