Re: MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT is deprecated

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:25:48 +0100

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 01:16:21PM +0200, Jan De Luyck wrote:
> Little question: With many modules I'm still seeying the MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT is
> deprecated message. I've checked the changes that have been done earlier, and
> they usually just consist of removing these lines. If so, I'm more than
> willing to "search and destroy" those and send 'em over to the patch monkey,
> but if what I'm saying is totally idiotic just slap me ;p

It's not that simple - you need to ensure that there are mechanisms
in place to ensure that module unloading is safe before removing these.

The remaining MOD_{INC,DEC}_USE_COUNT act as markers for code that needs
to be fixed up.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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