Re: [PATCH 2.5.60 5/9] Update the Archimedes parallel port driver for new module API.

From: Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Date: Sun Feb 16 2003 - 21:54:59 EST


In message <20030215100424.A20365@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> you write:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:37:00PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> > -static void arc_inc_use_count(void)
> > +static int arc_inc_use_count(void)
> > {
> > -#ifdef MODULE
> > - MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
> > -#endif
> > + return try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> > }
>
> Isn't one of the points of the module system that we don't try to run
> code inside a module without the module being reference counted?

Exactly. You can do it if you *know* you already hold a reference
count, but as a general rule it's damn suspicious.

This looks wrong,
Rusty.

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