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To: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fjortis.info>
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Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fjortis.info> writes:

> > Next question:  what is the correct replacement for MOD_INC_USE_COUNT?
> 
> "SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);" or simply "dev->owner=THIS_MODULE;" and the
> counting should then be done automatically AFAIK.

OK, but what might dev be and when should this be done?  What about
MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT?

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