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-rw-r--r--include/linux/device.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c18
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index caad9bba965..5cf30e95c8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ struct device_driver {
struct module * owner;
const char * mod_name; /* used for built-in modules */
+ struct module_kobject * mkobj;
int (*probe) (struct device * dev);
int (*remove) (struct device * dev);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index fbc51de6444..dcdb32b8b13 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2384,8 +2384,13 @@ void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
/* Lookup built-in module entry in /sys/modules */
mkobj = kset_find_obj(&module_subsys.kset, drv->mod_name);
- if (mkobj)
+ if (mkobj) {
mk = container_of(mkobj, struct module_kobject, kobj);
+ /* remember our module structure */
+ drv->mkobj = mk;
+ /* kset_find_obj took a reference */
+ kobject_put(mkobj);
+ }
}
if (!mk)
@@ -2405,17 +2410,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_add_driver);
void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
{
+ struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
char *driver_name;
if (!drv)
return;
sysfs_remove_link(&drv->kobj, "module");
- if (drv->owner && drv->owner->mkobj.drivers_dir) {
+
+ if (drv->owner)
+ mk = &drv->owner->mkobj;
+ else if (drv->mkobj)
+ mk = drv->mkobj;
+ if (mk && mk->drivers_dir) {
driver_name = make_driver_name(drv);
if (driver_name) {
- sysfs_remove_link(drv->owner->mkobj.drivers_dir,
- driver_name);
+ sysfs_remove_link(mk->drivers_dir, driver_name);
kfree(driver_name);
}
}