MOD_INC_USE_COUNT

[Jose Luis Alarcon <jlalarcon@tiggerfan.com>]

  Hi, kernel developers.

  I has a big surprise when, adding at the beginning of init_module()
the macro MOD_INC_USE_COUNT, for have a module use counter. My program
get compile well and insmod work too.

  But the surprise was when i did rmmod, cos the output said:

FATAL: the module is in use

  I did lsmod, and i got that my module was used by [unsafe].

  Any kernel programmer with experience knows why happen this?.

  IMHO a use counter is a very few dangerous thing. So i was trying with.

  Thanks you, very much, in advance.

  Regards.

  Jose.

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