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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Boris Dragovic <lynx@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu>
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Subject: Re: negative mod use count 
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:58:06 +0100, 
Boris Dragovic <lynx@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu> wrote:
>what does negative module use count mean?

Either an extra MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT was issued (buggy code) or the module
has a can_unload() function.  When modules define a can_unload()
routine then the use count is always displayed as -1 because the module
decides if it can be unloaded.

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