[PATCH] genetlink: don't touch module ref count

Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from
ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at
all. This patch removes the owner field from the struct registered with
genetlink.

Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 3b1378498d5..4ae1538c54a 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -222,11 +222,6 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family)
                 goto errout_locked;
         }
 
-        if (!try_module_get(family->owner)) {
-                err = -EBUSY;
-                goto errout_locked;
-        }
-
         if (family->id == GENL_ID_GENERATE) {
                 u16 newid = genl_generate_id();
 
@@ -283,7 +278,6 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family)
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&family->ops_list);
                 genl_unlock();
 
-                module_put(family->owner);
                 kfree(family->attrbuf);
                 genl_ctrl_event(CTRL_CMD_DELFAMILY, family);
                 return 0;
@@ -535,7 +529,6 @@ static struct genl_family genl_ctrl = {
         .name = "nlctrl",
         .version = 0x1,
         .maxattr = CTRL_ATTR_MAX,
-        .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 static int __init genl_init(void)