[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>

3 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index c5b96b2b8155..805de50df00d 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct genl_family
         char                    name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
         unsigned int            version;
         unsigned int            maxattr;
-        struct module *         owner;
         struct nlattr **        attrbuf;        /* private */
         struct list_head        ops_list;       /* private */
         struct list_head        family_list;    /* private */
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 3b1378498d50..4ae1538c54a9 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)
diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
index 6fe95acde4fa..19b3f4022532 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static struct genl_family family = {
         .version        = TIPC_GENL_VERSION,
         .hdrsize        = TIPC_GENL_HDRLEN,
         .maxattr        = 0,
-        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 static struct genl_ops ops = {