> > 2)
> > My usecount somehow went up and i couldnt rmmod my module so i did this :
> >
/* remover.c ............ not proc1.c */
>
> > int
> > init_module(void)
> > {
> > struct module *temp = THIS_MODULE;
> > atomic_t zero;
> > zero.counter = 0;
> > while(temp) {
> > if(strcmp(temp->name,"proc1")==0) /* my module was named proc1 */
> > {
> > temp->uc.usecount=zero;
> > return 0;
> > }
> > temp = temp->next;
> > }
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> This code is a bug. Expect kernel to crash promptly.
> Note: THIS_MODULE is guaranteed to be the module structure for your
> module, so the while is redundant.
>
>
> Amith> sorry i forgot to mention this is another module called remover.c which
> gets the usecount of whichever module u think u want to rmmod, to zero.It as it
> is evident runs thru the module list starting from its own struct module till it
> finds the module whose usecount needs to be set to zero.
> ( insmod remover.o ) after this proc1 was rmmod'ed.- But no other modules wud be
> using my symbols iam sure abt that :-) .
Cheers,
Amith
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