Re: MOD_INC_USE_COUNT

[Tony <tony.uestc@gmail.com>]

linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Tony wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hello All,
>>Usually, when a net_device->open is called, it will MOD_INC_USE_COUNT on
>>success. It is removed since 2.5.x, then should I increase the use
>>count? how? thx.
> 
> 
> Gone! Don't use INC or DEC_USE_COUNT anymore. The kernel takes
> care of that for you. Also, the count shown in `lsmod` no longer
> means anything you can use programmaticly.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
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> Thank you.
> 
But when the module is used by a net_device(interface is up), rmmod also 
works. Strange, isn't it?