linux-kernel - [PATCH] hsi: omap_ssi_port: use normal module refcounting

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Date:	Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:56:48 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
Cc:	Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@...ia.com>,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hsi: omap_ssi_port: use normal module refcounting

The ref_module() function is used for internal housekeeping of the
module code, it's not normally used by subsystems or device drivers,
and the use of ref_module in the omap_ssi_port driver causes a link
build error when modules are disabled:

hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_port.c: In function 'ssi_port_probe':
hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_port.c:1119:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'ref_module' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

This changes the omap_ssi_port driver to use try_module_get()
and module_put() instead, which is the normal way to ensure that
the driver providing a device used in another module does not
go away.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
Cc: Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@...ia.com>
Cc: Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>

diff --git a/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_port.c b/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_port.c
index b8693f0..6eb7c28 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_port.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_port.c
@@ -1116,8 +1116,7 @@ static int __init ssi_port_probe(struct platform_device *pd)
 
 	dev_dbg(&pd->dev, "init ssi port...\n");
 
-	err = ref_module(THIS_MODULE, ssi->owner);
-	if (err) {
+	if (!try_module_get(ssi->owner)) {
 		dev_err(&pd->dev, "could not increment parent module refcount (err=%d)\n",
 			err);
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1254,6 +1253,7 @@ static int __exit ssi_port_remove(struct platform_device *pd)
 
 	omap_ssi->port[omap_port->port_id] = NULL;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pd, NULL);
+	module_put(port->owner);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pd->dev);
 
 	return 0;

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