[PATCH] __module_get

Introduces __module_get for places where we know we already hold
a reference and ignoring the fact that the module is being "rmmod --wait"ed
is simpler.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 17e2884ce495..06ff9328b30b 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static inline void restart_refcounts(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-static unsigned int module_refcount(struct module *mod)
+unsigned int module_refcount(struct module *mod)
 {
 	unsigned int i, total = 0;
 
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ static unsigned int module_refcount(struct module *mod)
 		total += atomic_read(&mod->ref[i].count);
 	return total;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_refcount);
 
 /* This exists whether we can unload or not */
 static void free_module(struct module *mod);