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Date:	Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:59:07 +0000
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	ian.campbell@...rix.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/6] netback: add module get/put operations along with vif connect/disconnect.

If there is vif running and user unloads netback, it will certainly
cause problems.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 93cb212..3126028 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
 	if (vif->irq)
 		return 0;
 
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+
 	err = xen_netbk_map_frontend_rings(vif, tx_ring_ref, rx_ring_ref);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err;
@@ -405,4 +407,6 @@ void xenvif_disconnect(struct xenvif *vif)
 	xen_netbk_unmap_frontend_rings(vif);
 
 	free_netdev(vif->dev);
+
+	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
-- 
1.7.2.5

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