Hi all,
Got this link, explaining all things in detail about above functions.
http://lwn.net/Articles/22197/ . Thanks for all the help.
Vikas
On 16 May 2010 20:20, vikas chauhan wrote:
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> On 16 May 2010 20:17, vikas chauhan wrote:
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>> Actually, I was a bit confused about reference counts,
On 16 May 2010 20:17, vikas chauhan wrote:
> Actually, I was a bit confused about reference counts, since some older
> modules ( like the OSSv4 drivers ) use their own copy of reference counts,
> and the above functions, it seems like , is being used by kernel to maintain
> its own reference coun
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 03:06 +0545, vikas chauhan wrote:
> Hi,
> Can any one tell me, what are the
> functions try_module_get and module_put used for ? I couldn't find any
> documentation by googling.
>
The implementation of try_module_get can be found in file
include/linux/module.h
(it is an i
Hi,
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 03:06 +0545, vikas chauhan wrote:
> Hi,
> Can any one tell me, what are the
> functions try_module_get and module_put used for ? I couldn't find any
> documentation by googling.
>
>
> Regards,
> Vikas
lxr doesn't reveal much, however a quick scan of kernel src reveals
Hi,
Can any one tell me, what are the functions *try_module_get* and *module_put
* used for ? I couldn't find any documentation by googling.
Regards,
Vikas
