Re: 2.2.12 ipv6 module counts negative usage

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 23:37:31 +0100


On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 09:58:26PM +0200, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:

> here it is... it's been I long time I didn't see this:
>
> ik5pvx@penny:~ $ cat /proc/modules
> ipv6 99016 -1 (autoclean)
> ...

It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature ;-) I think the module code sets the use
count to -1 when a module deems itself to be un-unloadable.

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