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SubjectRe: [QUESTION/sysfs] strange refcounting
Artem B. Bityutskiy wrote:
> Then, I see /sys/devices/mydev/ in sysfs. I open
> pre-defined /sys/devices/mydev/power/state in userspace and don't close it.
>
> Then I run lsmod, and see zero refcount to my module. Well, I run rmmod
> mymod, module is unloaded.
>
> Then I close /sys/devices/mydev/power/state, and enjoy segfault.
>
I actually forgot to formulate my question: why module's refcount is not
increased when somebody opens a sysfs file which belongs to this module?
How to withstan to an unexpected module unload?

Thanks.

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityutskiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.
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