Bug#186180: RFP: kmut -- A tiny utility for adjusting kernel module usage counts

[Adriaan Peeters <apeeters@lashout.net>]

Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2003-03-25
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : kmut
  Version         : 0.1
  Upstream Author : Sepp Wijnands <mrrazz@garbage-coderz.net>
* URL             : http://www.plasser.nl/cgi-bin/cgi-bash/index.sh?query=kmut&bgcolor=d0d0e0&middle=projects
* License         : GPL
  Description     : A tiny utility for adjusting kernel module usage counts

Kernel Module Usage Terminator (kmut) is a tiny utility for adjusting 
module usage counts. When Linux kernel a module is being accessed, it 
increases its 'usecount', and when it's finished it decreases its 
'usecount'. This mechanism prevents a module from being unloaded while 
it is in use. Kmut is useful when working with buggy modules that might 
crash before properly decrementing their usecount. Such modules are 
usually impossible to unload unless a utility like kmut is used to force 
the usecount down to zero. 

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux addie 2.4.20 #5 Tue Jan 28 02:34:54 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_IE@euro, LC_CTYPE=en_IE@euro