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Commit 10da4f79 authored by Jeff Mahoney's avatar Jeff Mahoney Committed by Linus Torvalds
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[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: default avatarJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent 7ec75f25
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