Re: [QUESTION/sysfs] strange refcounting

[Artem B. Bityutskiy]

Artem B. Bityutskiy wrote:
> Then, I see /sys/devices/mydev/ in sysfs. I open
> pre-defined /sys/devices/mydev/power/state in userspace and don't close it. 
>
> Then I run lsmod, and see zero refcount to my module. Well, I run rmmod
> mymod, module is unloaded. 
>
> Then I close /sys/devices/mydev/power/state, and enjoy segfault. 
I actually forgot to formulate my question: why module's refcount is not 
increased when somebody opens a sysfs file which belongs to this module? 
How to withstan to an unexpected module unload?

Thanks.

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityutskiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.
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