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authorPer Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com>2006-01-13 13:06:40 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-01-13 13:06:40 -0800
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[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>
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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 */