Hi Sakari, Thank you for the patch. On Friday 13 December 2013 14:03:35 Sakari Ailus wrote: > mdev->fops->owner is actually the owner of the very same module which > implements media_device_register(), so it can't be unloaded anyway. Instead, > use THIS_MODULE through a macro as does video_register_device(). > > Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This looks good to me. Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/media-device.c | 7 ++++--- > drivers/media/media-devnode.c | 5 +++-- > include/media/media-device.h | 4 +++- > include/media/media-devnode.h | 3 ++- > 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-device.c b/drivers/media/media-device.c > index d5a7a13..51217f0 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/media-device.c > +++ b/drivers/media/media-device.c > @@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ static void media_device_release(struct media_devnode > *mdev) * - dev must point to the parent device > * - model must be filled with the device model name > */ > -int __must_check media_device_register(struct media_device *mdev) > +int __must_check __media_device_register(struct media_device *mdev, > + struct module *owner) > { > int ret; > > @@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ int __must_check media_device_register(struct > media_device *mdev) mdev->devnode.fops = &media_device_fops; > mdev->devnode.parent = mdev->dev; > mdev->devnode.release = media_device_release; > - ret = media_devnode_register(&mdev->devnode); > + ret = media_devnode_register(&mdev->devnode, owner); > if (ret < 0) > return ret; > > @@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ int __must_check media_device_register(struct > media_device *mdev) > > return 0; > } > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_register); > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__media_device_register); > > /** > * media_device_unregister - unregister a media device > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c > index fb0f046..7acd19c 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c > +++ b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c > @@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ static const struct file_operations media_devnode_fops = > { * the media_devnode structure is *not* called, so the caller is > responsible for * freeing any data. > */ > -int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *mdev) > +int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *mdev, > + struct module *owner) > { > int minor; > int ret; > @@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct > media_devnode *mdev) > > /* Part 2: Initialize and register the character device */ > cdev_init(&mdev->cdev, &media_devnode_fops); > - mdev->cdev.owner = mdev->fops->owner; > + mdev->cdev.owner = owner; > > ret = cdev_add(&mdev->cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(media_dev_t), mdev->minor), 1); > if (ret < 0) { > diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h > index 12155a9..6e6db78 100644 > --- a/include/media/media-device.h > +++ b/include/media/media-device.h > @@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ struct media_device { > /* media_devnode to media_device */ > #define to_media_device(node) container_of(node, struct media_device, > devnode) > > -int __must_check media_device_register(struct media_device *mdev); > +int __must_check __media_device_register(struct media_device *mdev, > + struct module *owner); > +#define media_device_register(mdev) __media_device_register(mdev, > THIS_MODULE) void media_device_unregister(struct media_device *mdev); > > int __must_check media_device_register_entity(struct media_device *mdev, > diff --git a/include/media/media-devnode.h b/include/media/media-devnode.h > index 3446af2..0dc7060 100644 > --- a/include/media/media-devnode.h > +++ b/include/media/media-devnode.h > @@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ struct media_devnode { > /* dev to media_devnode */ > #define to_media_devnode(cd) container_of(cd, struct media_devnode, dev) > > -int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *mdev); > +int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *mdev, > + struct module *owner); > void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev); > > static inline struct media_devnode *media_devnode_data(struct file *filp) -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart -- 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