When the sub-device is registered, increment the use count of the sub-device owner only if it's different from the owner of the driver for the media device. This avoids increasing the use count by the module itself and thus making it possible to unload it when it's not in use. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c index 02d1b63..9f6d1ec 100644 --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c @@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, /* Warn if we apparently re-register a subdev */ WARN_ON(sd->v4l2_dev != NULL); - if (!try_module_get(sd->owner)) + if (sd->owner != v4l2_dev->dev->driver->owner && + !try_module_get(sd->owner)) return -ENODEV; sd->v4l2_dev = v4l2_dev; @@ -192,7 +193,8 @@ error_unregister: if (sd->internal_ops && sd->internal_ops->unregistered) sd->internal_ops->unregistered(sd); error_module: - module_put(sd->owner); + if (sd->owner != v4l2_dev->dev->driver->owner) + module_put(sd->owner); sd->v4l2_dev = NULL; return err; } @@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd) } #endif video_unregister_device(sd->devnode); - module_put(sd->owner); + if (sd->owner != v4l2_dev->dev->driver->owner) + module_put(sd->owner); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_unregister_subdev); -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
