linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 041/130] mei: prevent unloading mei hw modules while the device is opened.

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Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:10:32 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
	Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 041/130] mei: prevent unloading mei hw modules while the device is opened.

3.19.8-ckt6 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>

commit 154322f47376fed6ab1e4b350aa45fffa15a61aa upstream.

chrdev_open() increases reference counter on cdev->owner. Instead of
assigning the owner to mei subsystem, the owner has to be set to the
underlaying HW module (mei_me or mei_txe), so once the device is opened
the HW module cannot be unloaded.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index ae56ba6..f6b68e2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ int mei_register(struct mei_device *dev, struct device *parent)
 	/* Fill in the data structures */
 	devno = MKDEV(MAJOR(mei_devt), dev->minor);
 	cdev_init(&dev->cdev, &mei_fops);
-	dev->cdev.owner = mei_fops.owner;
+	dev->cdev.owner = parent->driver->owner;
 
 	/* Add the device */
 	ret = cdev_add(&dev->cdev, devno, 1);
-- 
1.9.1

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