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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Off-by-one in /sys/module/*/refcnt
On 8/5/07, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hell knows when this changed, but sysfs is lying about modules refcounts now.
>
> $ cat /sys/module/it87/refcnt
> 4294967295
> $ lsmod | grep ^it87
> it87 15756 0
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> kernel/module.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr,
> struct module *mod, char *buffer)
> {
> /* sysfs holds a reference */
> - return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mod)-1);
> + return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mod));
> }

It's likely caused by sysfs core changes, that opened attributes are
no longer coupled to the refcount of modules. They used to take a
reference.

The "holds a reference" comment should be removed along with your fix.
Adding Tejun, to confirm this.

Thanks,
Kay
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