Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:32:32 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: SET_MODULE_OWNER |
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Ricardo Bugalho wrote: > Hi all, > most net device drivers have replaced MOD_INC/DEC_USE_COUNT with > SET_MODULE_OWNER but SET_MODULE_OWNER doesn't do nothing. > Therefore, those modules (though I can only vouch for 8139too) always > report 0 use. Some people that had "modprobe -r" in their cronttab found > it quite annoying. > I'd guess that there's a good reason for why struct net_device doesn't > have .owner field and why this happens. Can someone be so kind to point > it > out?
struct net_device does have an owner field, and SET_MODULE_OWNER obviously _does_ do something.
If your interface is up, your net driver's module refcount is greater than zero.
Jeff
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