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>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index ed4ec9c30bd2..d856e96a3cce 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -772,9 +772,18 @@ static int try_stop_module(struct module *mod, int flags, int *forced)
 	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 @@ static inline void print_unload_info(struct seq_file *m, struct module *mod)
 	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 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(symbol_put_addr);
 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 =