Hi,
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Keith Owens wrote:
> struct device_driver * get_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
> {
+ struct device_driver *ret = NULL;
+
+ if (!drv)
+ goto out;
+ lock_somehow(drv->lock);
+ if (drv->owner)
> if (!try_inc_mod_count(drv->owner))
+ goto out;
+
+ ret = drv;
+ out:
+ unlock_somehow(drv->lock);
+ return ret;
> }
>
> I suggest you add a global driverfs_lock.
Better than locking all kernel threads, isn't it?
Regards,
Thunder
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