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-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h1
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c7
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/netlink.c1
3 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
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 */
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 3b1378498d50..4ae1538c54a9 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -222,11 +222,6 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family)
goto errout_locked;
}
- if (!try_module_get(family->owner)) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto errout_locked;
- }
-
if (family->id == GENL_ID_GENERATE) {
u16 newid = genl_generate_id();
@@ -283,7 +278,6 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&family->ops_list);
genl_unlock();
- module_put(family->owner);
kfree(family->attrbuf);
genl_ctrl_event(CTRL_CMD_DELFAMILY, family);
return 0;
@@ -535,7 +529,6 @@ static struct genl_family genl_ctrl = {
.name = "nlctrl",
.version = 0x1,
.maxattr = CTRL_ATTR_MAX,
- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
static int __init genl_init(void)
diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
index 6fe95acde4fa..19b3f4022532 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static struct genl_family family = {
.version = TIPC_GENL_VERSION,
.hdrsize = TIPC_GENL_HDRLEN,
.maxattr = 0,
- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
static struct genl_ops ops = {