Re: [RFC] new module format

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> To add a new user, the active bit has to be set, as shown in this skeleton,
> which is pretty much the existing try_inc_mod_count scheme:
>
>        spin_lock(&some_spinlock);
>        if (<mod_active_bit>)
>                <inc_mod_user_count>
>        spin_unlock(&some_spinlock);
>
>        if <users>, do the mount
>
> In other words, the module has some state, the transitions of which are
> protected by a spinlock.

This means you still need another lock to protect the data structures and
you still have module pointers everywhere. I want to get rid of that
"same_spinlock" (aka unload_lock), because it's not needed.
I suggest we continue this discussion when I post the new patches in a few
days, then it should become more clear.

bye, Roman