On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 12:58 +0000, John S O'Sullivan wrote: > As I understand it try_module_get() should be used in place of the > depreciated MOD_COUNTS so if I have a module moduleA. I use > try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) in the open function and module_put(THIS_MODULE) > in the release funtion. not really; you're supposed to have a .owner set, so that the middle layers can keep that counts for you. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/