2005-01-30 11:35:59

by Lethalman

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Subject: MOD_USE_INC_COUNT and MOD_USE_DEC_COUNT

What's the corrispective name of these macros in the 2.6.x kernel?

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2005-01-30 11:42:59

by Arjan van de Ven

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Subject: Re: MOD_USE_INC_COUNT and MOD_USE_DEC_COUNT

On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 12:35 +0100, Lethalman wrote:
> What's the corrispective name of these macros in the 2.6.x kernel?
>

you shouldn't need them if your code sets the .owner field properly of
the respective datastructures. Eg they are replaced by a proper (ok some
people consider that debatable) refcounting scheme, not just renamed.