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Hi,guys: In the kernel 2.6, there are not defined MOD_INC_USE_COUNT and MOD_INC_COUNT. What functions I should use to instead those? thanks!...
  1. 05-03-2007 #1
    coletth
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    what is instead of counter in kernel 2.6

    Hi,guys:
    In the kernel 2.6, there are not defined MOD_INC_USE_COUNT and MOD_INC_COUNT. What functions I should use to instead those?
    thanks!
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  2. 05-04-2007 #2
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    You use try_module_get() for incrementing the refcount and module_put() for decrementing the refcount.

    These are SMP-safe functions.
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