Re: New DRM driver model - gets rid of DRM() macros!

From: Alan Cox (alan_at_lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: 09/29/04

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Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:02:57 +0100

    On Mer, 2004-09-29 at 22:52, Felix Kühling wrote:
    > Module Size Used by
    > savage 3520 0
    > drm 62500 3 savage
    >
    > Is it normal that the savage module looks unused?

    looks like a bug. If the drm layer provides the file_operations for
    the device node then the locking done automatically locks the wrong
    module. Thats easy to fix with try_module_get() and module_put()

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