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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.5.60 5/9] Update the Archimedes parallel port driver for new module API.
On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 01:54:59PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <20030215100424.A20365@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> you write:
> > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:37:00PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> > > -static void arc_inc_use_count(void)
> > > +static int arc_inc_use_count(void)
> > > {
> > > -#ifdef MODULE
> > > - MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
> > > -#endif
> > > + return try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> > > }
> >
> > Isn't one of the points of the module system that we don't try to run
> > code inside a module without the module being reference counted?
>
> Exactly. You can do it if you *know* you already hold a reference
> count, but as a general rule it's damn suspicious.
>
> This looks wrong,
> Rusty.

Thanks for the feed back. I'll fix this and re-submit.

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