ChangeSet 1.1025, 2003/01/14 16:51:58-08:00, greg@kroah.com TTY: add module reference counting for tty drivers. Note, there are still races with unloading modules, this patch does not fix that... diff -Nru a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c Tue Jan 14 17:07:05 2003 +++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c Tue Jan 14 17:07:05 2003 @@ -833,6 +833,11 @@ * and locked termios may be retained.) */ + if (!try_module_get(driver->owner)) { + retval = -ENODEV; + goto end_init; + } + o_tty = NULL; tp = o_tp = NULL; ltp = o_ltp = NULL; @@ -991,6 +996,7 @@ free_tty_struct(tty); fail_no_mem: + module_put(driver->owner); retval = -ENOMEM; goto end_init; @@ -1033,6 +1039,7 @@ tty->magic = 0; (*tty->driver.refcount)--; list_del(&tty->tty_files); + module_put(tty->driver.owner); free_tty_struct(tty); } diff -Nru a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h --- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h Tue Jan 14 17:07:05 2003 +++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h Tue Jan 14 17:07:05 2003 @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct tty_driver { int magic; /* magic number for this structure */ + struct module *owner; const char *driver_name; const char *name; int name_base; /* offset of printed name */