On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 12:51:43PM -0800, Jose Luis Alarcon wrote: > I has a big surprise when, adding at the beginning of init_module() > the macro MOD_INC_USE_COUNT, for have a module use counter. My program > get compile well and insmod work too. > > But the surprise was when i did rmmod, cos the output said: > > FATAL: the module is in use Why are you surprised ? You marked the module as used by something when you load it, of course it can't be unloaded. > I did lsmod, and i got that my module was used by [unsafe]. You should not be using MOD_INC_USE_COUNT in 2.5 kernels. And you definitely shouldn't be doing it in init_module(), that makes no sense. What do you actually believe MOD_INC_USE_COUNT does ? regards john -- "Saying that taste is just personal preference is a good way to prevent disputes. The trouble is, it's not true." - Paul Graham -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
