From 23b0ca5bf52cef0ab0f0fe247cb91cbef836e7eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Per Liden Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:06:40 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] genetlink: don't touch module ref count Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at all. This patch removes the owner field from the struct registered with genetlink. Signed-off-by: Per Liden Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/net/genetlink.h | 1 - net/netlink/genetlink.c | 7 ------- net/tipc/netlink.c | 1 - 3 files changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h index c5b96b2b8155..805de50df00d 100644 --- a/include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/include/net/genetlink.h @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct genl_family char name[GENL_NAMSIZ]; unsigned int version; unsigned int maxattr; - struct module * owner; struct nlattr ** attrbuf; /* private */ struct list_head ops_list; /* private */ struct list_head family_list; /* private */ diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index 3b1378498d50..4ae1538c54a9 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -222,11 +222,6 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family) goto errout_locked; } - if (!try_module_get(family->owner)) { - err = -EBUSY; - goto errout_locked; - } - if (family->id == GENL_ID_GENERATE) { u16 newid = genl_generate_id(); @@ -283,7 +278,6 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&family->ops_list); genl_unlock(); - module_put(family->owner); kfree(family->attrbuf); genl_ctrl_event(CTRL_CMD_DELFAMILY, family); return 0; @@ -535,7 +529,6 @@ static struct genl_family genl_ctrl = { .name = "nlctrl", .version = 0x1, .maxattr = CTRL_ATTR_MAX, - .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static int __init genl_init(void) diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c index 6fe95acde4fa..19b3f4022532 100644 --- a/net/tipc/netlink.c +++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c @@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static struct genl_family family = { .version = TIPC_GENL_VERSION, .hdrsize = TIPC_GENL_HDRLEN, .maxattr = 0, - .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static struct genl_ops ops = {