4.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx> commit 154322f47376fed6ab1e4b350aa45fffa15a61aa upstream. chrdev_open() increases reference counter on cdev->owner. Instead of assigning the owner to mei subsystem, the owner has to be set to the underlaying HW module (mei_me or mei_txe), so once the device is opened the HW module cannot be unloaded. Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/mei/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int mei_register(struct mei_device *dev, /* Fill in the data structures */ devno = MKDEV(MAJOR(mei_devt), dev->minor); cdev_init(&dev->cdev, &mei_fops); - dev->cdev.owner = mei_fops.owner; + dev->cdev.owner = parent->driver->owner; /* Add the device */ ret = cdev_add(&dev->cdev, devno, 1); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html