[PATCH 1/2] rtc: fix module reference count in rtc-proc

From: Geliang Tang
Date: Fri Nov 06 2015 - 23:02:27 EST


rtc-proc.c is not built as a module. Thus, rather than dealing with
THIS_MODULE's reference count, we should deal with rtc->owner's
reference count.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-proc.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-proc.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-proc.c
index ffa69e1..31e7e23 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-proc.c
@@ -112,19 +112,21 @@ static int rtc_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
int ret;
struct rtc_device *rtc = PDE_DATA(inode);

- if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
+ if (!try_module_get(rtc->owner))
return -ENODEV;

ret = single_open(file, rtc_proc_show, rtc);
if (ret)
- module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+ module_put(rtc->owner);
return ret;
}

static int rtc_proc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
int res = single_release(inode, file);
- module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+ struct rtc_device *rtc = PDE_DATA(inode);
+
+ module_put(rtc->owner);
return res;
}

--
2.5.0


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