Re: 2.2.18pre7 [OOPS] + [PATCH]

From: Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Date: Fri Sep 22 2000 - 19:39:28 EST

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On Sat, Sep 16 2000, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> /proc fs support. The following configuration gives me an oops during boot
> (key options):

Yup, doesn't look good.

> Unfortunately I'm not sure whether it is correct, that MOD_INC_USE_COUNT /
> MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT for cdrom module are called only via /proc interface and
> can't work when /proc is disabled ...
> Well, maybe the module is locked in an alteranative way ? Can anybody confirm
> it ?

It's not a problem, that piece of code is just there to assure that the
module isn't unloaded while someone is reading the proc file.

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* Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
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