From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> Get an additional reference otherwise a crash is observed when hv_utils module is being unloaded while fcopy daemon is still running. .owner gives us an additional reference when someone holds a descriptor for the device. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Alex Ng <alexng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c index a501301..d1475e6 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c @@ -360,12 +360,9 @@ static int fcopy_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f) } /* XXX: there are still some tricky corner cases, e.g., - * 1) In a SMP guest, when fcopy_release() runs between + * In an SMP guest, when fcopy_release() runs between * schedule_delayed_work() and fcopy_send_data(), there is * still a chance an obsolete message will be queued. - * - * 2) When the fcopy daemon is running, if we unload the driver, - * we'll notice a kernel oops when we kill the daemon later. */ static int fcopy_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *f) { @@ -385,6 +382,7 @@ static int fcopy_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *f) static const struct file_operations fcopy_fops = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, .read = fcopy_read, .write = fcopy_write, .release = fcopy_release, -- 1.7.4.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel