The patch titled
synclink_gt fix module reference
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
synclink_gt-fix-module-reference.patch
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Subject: synclink_gt fix module reference
From: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Get module reference on open() by generic HDLC to prevent module from
unloading while interface is active.
Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/synclink_gt.c | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/char/synclink_gt.c~synclink_gt-fix-module-reference drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c~synclink_gt-fix-module-reference
+++ a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,9 @@ static int hdlcdev_open(struct net_devic
int rc;
unsigned long flags;
+ if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
DBGINFO(("%s hdlcdev_open\n", dev->name));
/* generic HDLC layer open processing */
@@ -1634,6 +1637,7 @@ static int hdlcdev_close(struct net_devi
info->netcount=0;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->netlock, flags);
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return 0;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from paulkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
synclink_gt-fix-module-reference.patch
char-cyclades-remove-bottom-half-processing.patch
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