On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 03:52:13AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Phil Oester wrote:
> 
> >Some useless __MOD_INC_USE_COUNT macros make rpc patch panic on boot.
> >The below removes them.  Boot tested.
> 
> Applied, but wondering on second thought. There are still two
> __MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT left, and __MOD_INC_USE_COUNT does actually
> do something :) Why are they useless ?

Yes, perhaps 'useless' is the wrong word -- they do something, but 
something which is deprecated and in 2.6 netfilter nonexistent. And
following davem's policy of no refcounts for network drivers [1], it
seems to make sense.

Agreed, however, that removing the INC without also removing the DEC
is sloppy.  Attached find a patch to do so.

Phil

[1] http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.3/0403.html