module: make module_refcount() a signed integer.
James Bottomley points out that it will be -1 during unload. It's
only used for diagnostics, so let's not hide that as it could be a
clue as to what's gone wrong.
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-and-documention-added-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <maasami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index ed4ec9c..d856e96 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -772,9 +772,18 @@
return 0;
}
-unsigned long module_refcount(struct module *mod)
+/**
+ * module_refcount - return the refcount or -1 if unloading
+ *
+ * @mod: the module we're checking
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * -1 if the module is in the process of unloading
+ * otherwise the number of references in the kernel to the module
+ */
+int module_refcount(struct module *mod)
{
- return (unsigned long)atomic_read(&mod->refcnt) - MODULE_REF_BASE;
+ return atomic_read(&mod->refcnt) - MODULE_REF_BASE;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_refcount);
@@ -856,7 +865,7 @@
struct module_use *use;
int printed_something = 0;
- seq_printf(m, " %lu ", module_refcount(mod));
+ seq_printf(m, " %i ", module_refcount(mod));
/*
* Always include a trailing , so userspace can differentiate
@@ -908,7 +917,7 @@
static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr,
struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)
{
- return sprintf(buffer, "%lu\n", module_refcount(mk->mod));
+ return sprintf(buffer, "%i\n", module_refcount(mk->mod));
}
static struct module_attribute modinfo_refcnt =