linux-kernel - Re: module: fix module_refcount() return when running in a module exit routine

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Message-ID: <877fwgbszu.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:00:29 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: module: fix module_refcount() return when running in a module exit routine

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> writes:
> Actually, I don't think this is enough.  Some Australian once came up
> with a guide to APIs, and lectured on it at length, one of which was
> that the name should be the obvious use and it is unexpected that a
> refcount would go negative.  I think we could raise it from -6 on the
> API scale to +3 if we add some documentation like below.

Thanks, applied!

Cheers,
Rusty.
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