linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] try_module

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:18:01 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao 
	<fernando@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	dedekind@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] try_module_get usage

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 16:55 +0900, Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao wrote:
> I keep seeing uses of try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) which seem to mimic
> the behavior of the former MOD_INC_USE_COUNT. The UBI driver is one
> example:
> 
> int ubi_get_device_info(int ubi_num, struct ubi_device_info *di)
> {
>         const struct ubi_device *ubi;
> 
>         if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
>                 return -ENODEV;

Yes, this code is wrong.

Thanks,
Rusty.

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