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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Boris Dragovic <lynx@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: negative mod use count
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 11:04:58 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20516.983405098@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:58:06 BST." <200102281958.UAA13226@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu>

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:58:06 +0100, 
Boris Dragovic <lynx@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu> wrote:
>what does negative module use count mean?

Either an extra MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT was issued (buggy code) or the module
has a can_unload() function.  When modules define a can_unload()
routine then the use count is always displayed as -1 because the module
decides if it can be unloaded.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-03-01  1:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-28 19:58 negative mod use count Boris Dragovic
2001-02-28 20:08 ` Brian Gerst
2001-02-28 20:31   ` Frank v Waveren
2001-02-28 23:01     ` Russell King
2001-03-01  0:04 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2001-03-02  0:55 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-03-02 10:17   ` Russell King
2001-03-02 13:30     ` Boris Dragovic

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