Re: [PATCH 2.5.60 2/9] Update parport class driver to new module loader API.

From: Christoph Hellwig (hch@infradead.org)
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 06:16:42 EST


On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:45:57PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> - void (*inc_use_count)(void);
> + int (*inc_use_count)(void);
> void (*dec_use_count)(void);

This is broken. You need

        struct module *owner;

here and use try_module_et/module_put before calling into the module.

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