From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> commit 14a2e551faea53d45bc11629a9dac88f88950ca7 upstream. If THIS_MODULE is not set, the module would be removed while debugfs is being used. It eventually makes kernel panic. Fixes: c6c8fea29769 ("net: Add batman-adv meshing protocol") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ bp: 4.4 backported: switch to old filename. ] Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/batman-adv/debugfs.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static const struct file_operations bata .read = batadv_log_read, .poll = batadv_log_poll, .llseek = no_llseek, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static int batadv_debug_log_setup(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)