[PATCH] dm: add module ref counting

The reference counting on dm-mod is zero if no mapped devices are open.  This
is incorrect, and can lead to an oops if the module is unloaded while mapped
devices exist.

This patch claims a reference to the module whenever a device is created, and
drops it again when the device is freed.

Devices must be removed before dm-mod is unloaded.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]

Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index a5cc4c8462f3..29af584ae838 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -852,6 +852,9 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(unsigned int minor, int persistent)
                 return NULL;
         }
 
+        if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
+                goto bad0;
+
         /* get a minor number for the dev */
         r = persistent ? specific_minor(md, minor) : next_free_minor(md, &minor);
         if (r < 0)
@@ -918,6 +921,8 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(unsigned int minor, int persistent)
         blk_cleanup_queue(md->queue);
         free_minor(minor);
  bad1:
+        module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+ bad0:
         kfree(md);
         return NULL;
 }
@@ -941,6 +946,7 @@ static void free_dev(struct mapped_device *md)
 
         put_disk(md->disk);
         blk_cleanup_queue(md->queue);
+        module_put(THIS_MODULE);
         kfree(md);
 }