Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750923AbVKJODy (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:03:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750925AbVKJODx (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:03:53 -0500 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:8711 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750908AbVKJODk convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:03:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <437347B5.6080201@gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 References: <437347B5.6080201@gmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2005 14:03:38.0211 (UTC) FILETIME=[8C3C4B30:01C5E5FF] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: MOD_INC_USE_COUNT Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:03:37 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: MOD_INC_USE_COUNT Thread-Index: AcXl/4xi7YvNXy43SBCc289fAOD3yw== From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Tony" Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1361 Lines: 27 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 Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13.4 on an i686 machine (5589.55 BogoMips). Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. . **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/