The patch titled
Off-by-one in /sys/module/*/refcnt
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
off-by-one-in-sys-module-refcnt.patch
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Subject: Off-by-one in /sys/module/*/refcnt
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
sysfs internals were changed to not pin module in question.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/module.c~off-by-one-in-sys-module-refcnt kernel/module.c
--- a/kernel/module.c~off-by-one-in-sys-module-refcnt
+++ a/kernel/module.c
@@ -784,8 +784,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(symbol_put_addr);
static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr,
struct module *mod, char *buffer)
{
- /* sysfs holds a reference */
- return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mod)-1);
+ return sprintf(buffer, "%u\n", module_refcount(mod));
}
static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are
blackfin-arch-after-removing-fsh-from-mmh-fix-the-broken-on-blackfin-arch.patch
remove-unused-struct-proc_dir_entryset.patch
off-by-one-in-sys-module-refcnt.patch
faster-ext2_clear_inode.patch
fs-proc-mmuc-headers-butchery.patch
remove-sysctlh-from-fsh.patch
epcac-reformat-comments-and-coding-style-improvements.patch
revert-faster-ext2_clear_inode.patch
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