lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [Jan]   [6]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [git pull] device-mapper patches for 2.6.29
Cheng Renquan (程任全) wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 11:15:58AM +0800, Cheng Renquan (程任全) wrote:
>>> So now maybe we can add a null macro to module_refcount if
>>> CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD undefined?
>>
>> Do we even need the test at all?
>
> So you mean add "#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD ..." to dm-target.c? I
> can do that, but I really don't know a better solution without
> conditional compiling?

The fact that module_refcount may be undefined is an indicator that this
is not an API for general use.

Why are you wanting to peek into the reference count of a module?
Shouldn't you have everything covered by properly recounting all your
data objects? (Preferably via the kref API.)
--
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--= ---= --==-
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2009-01-06 13:03    [W:0.062 / U:0.456 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site