On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 04:36:34PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > + ssize_t __ret; \ > + if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) \ try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) is always racy and probably does not do what you want it to do. You always want to get/put module references from code that is NOT the code calling these functions. > + return -ENODEV; \ > + __ret = _name ## _store(dev, attr, buf, len); \ > + module_put(THIS_MODULE); \ This too is going to be racy. While fun to poke at, I still think this is pointless. greg k-h