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driver core: refcounting fix
authorMike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:45:35 +0000 (12:45 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:52:09 +0000 (14:52 -0800)
commit63ce18cfe685115ff8d341bae4c9204a79043cf0
tree7f37a6f9f0453b2122e490d6ef68f213d8a878a3tree | snapshot
parent40cf67c5fcc513406558c01b91129280208e57bfcommit | diff
driver core: refcounting fix

Fix a reference counting bug exposed by commit
725522b5453dd680412f2b6463a988e4fd148757.  If driver.mod_name exists, we
take a reference in module_add_driver(), and never release it.  Undo that
reference in module_remove_driver().

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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