On Wed, 03 Jul 2002 22:25:34 -0400,
Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org> wrote:
>Why not treat a module just like any other structure? Obtain a
>reference to it _before_ using it.
That is what try_inc_use_count() does. But the interface is messy and
difficult to audit. It relies on the caller taking some other lock
first to ensure that the module address will not change while you are
trying to call try_inc_use_count.
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