/* Exports the lkmc_dep which dep2.ko uses. insmod /dep.ko # dmesg => 0 # dmesg => 0 # dmesg => ... insmod /dep2.ko # dmesg => 1 # dmesg => 2 # dmesg => ... rmmod dep # Fails because dep2 uses it. rmmod dep2 # Dmesg stops incrementing. rmmod dep sys visibility: dmesg -n 1 insmod /dep.ko insmod /dep2.ko ls -l /sys/module/dep/holders # => ../../dep2 cat refcnt # => 1 proc visibility: grep lkmc_dep /proc/kallsyms Requires "CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y". depmod: grep dep "/lib/module/"*"/depmod" # extra/dep2.ko: extra/dep.ko # extra/dep.ko: modprobe dep # lsmod # Both dep and dep2 were loaded. TODO: at what point does buildroot / busybox generate that file? */ #include /* usleep_range */ #include #include #include int lkmc_dep = 0; EXPORT_SYMBOL(lkmc_dep); static struct task_struct *kthread; static int work_func(void *data) { while (!kthread_should_stop()) { pr_info("%d\n", lkmc_dep); usleep_range(1000000, 1000001); } return 0; } static int myinit(void) { kthread = kthread_create(work_func, NULL, "mykthread"); wake_up_process(kthread); return 0; } static void myexit(void) { kthread_stop(kthread); } module_init(myinit) module_exit(myexit) MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");