Re: owner field in `struct fs'

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

> > While we're at it - can we get rid of MOD_INC_USE_COUNT and 
> > __MOD_INC_USE_COUNT altogether to force people to be aware of the need for 
> > try_inc_mod_count and checking its return value? First thing in 2.5 along 
> > with removing sleep_on() ?
> 
> Yes. Moreover, I hope that we can effectively get rid of them before 2.5.
> Which is one of the reasons why I don't like keeping them all over the
> place, especially if it involves schedule()-based solutions.

What about the idea using a rw semaphore? It's seems to me the most
elegant and easiest solution for now. Cleaning up the module
management is a nice idea, but IMHO not 2.4 thing, let's do it right in
2.5 and not now in a hurry, when we want to get 2.4 stable.

bye, Roman