MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT is deprecated
Hey List,
Little question: With many modules I'm still seeying the MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT is deprecated message. I've checked the changes that have been done earlier, and they usually just consist of removing these lines. If so, I'm more than willing to "search and destroy" those and send 'em over to the patch monkey, but if what I'm saying is totally idiotic just slap me ;p
Jan
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Quoted 5 lines · Jan De Luyck
Little question: With many modules I'm still seeying the
MOD_DEC_USE_COUNTis deprecated message. I've checked the changes that have been done earlier, and they usually just consist of removing these lines. If so, I'm more than willing to "search and destroy" those and send 'em over to the patch monkey, but if what I'm saying is totally idiotic just slap me ;p
It's not that simple - you need to ensure that there are mechanisms in place to ensure that module unloading is safe before removing these.
The remaining MOD_{INC,DEC}_USE_COUNT act as markers for code that needs to be fixed up.
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