Re: RFC: modules and 2.5

Pavel Machek
2001-07-12T21:04:04Z

Hi!

> > IMHO you should be free to bump the module reference count up and down
> > as you wish, and be able to read the module reference count.
> >
> > If you make that assumption, then it becomes possible to use the module
> > ref count as an internal reference counter, for device opens or
> > something like that.
>
> Surely the exception rather than the rule?
>
> Sorry, complicating the code and making everyone pay the penalty so
> you can take a confusing short cut in your code is not something we're
> going to agree on.

Actually, having uniform interface between kernel and modules is very
nice... And one int per module does not surely hurt, does it?

Perhaps #define NEED_USE_COUNT to do it on per-module basis?
Pavel
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