Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:59:40 +0100 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] device-mapper patches for 2.6.29 |
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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/
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