Re: try_module_get code understanding

[Heiko Carstens]

> Then what is return value if my module tries to 'get' a module which does not
> exist (and is a module, not in-built)? . Is it '1' ?
> Or am I imagining a hypothetical scenario which would not exist?

That is not supposed to happen. After a module got unloaded there shouldn't
be any objects around anymore that have an .owner member with an address that
points to the now non-existent module.
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