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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
Cc: Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Subject: Re: Unloading a module with a function which is used by a static call
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 22:10:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210917201001.GJ4323@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d72f55fc-bbe2-b02d-0a90-ad6aaef8810e@linux.com>

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 11:07:22PM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure, but is it intentional that we don't increase a module refcounter
> when we call static_call_update()? Let's imagine that:

For all intents and purposes, static_call_update() is the same as
assinging a function pointer. That also doesn't increment module counts.

If your case requires management of module refcounts, you get to do so.

      reply	other threads:[~2021-09-17 20:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-17 20:07 Unloading a module with a function which is used by a static call Denis Efremov
2021-09-17 20:10 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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