Re: MOD_USE_COUNT < 0 ?

Andreas Schwab (schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
01 Dec 1997 11:13:53 +0100


Pawel S Veselov <vps@unicorn.niimm.spb.su> writes:

|> And, why kernel doesn't want to remove module, that has negative usage
|> counter ? May be this should be changed ?

A negative use count is a sign for a severe bug in the module, which is
not maintaining it correctly. Guess what happens if the use count goes to
zero while the module is still in use.

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