Hi, Is it "mandatory" to set the owner of a file operations structure using this macro defined in module.h ?, doing a normal MOD_INC_USE_COUNT and MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT doesnt this work just fine too .. ..? regards Amit -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/