netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 4/6] netback: add module get/put operations along with vif connect/disconnect.

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Message-ID: <4F107B89.6000004@cantab.net>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:44:25 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <dvrabel@...tab.net>
To:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
CC:	ian.campbell@...rix.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 4/6] netback: add module get/put operations
 along with vif connect/disconnect.

On 13/01/12 16:59, Wei Liu wrote:
> If there is vif running and user unloads netback, it will certainly
> cause problems.

Is this necessary?  As part of module unload netback_remove() will be
called and this will clean everything correctly, yes?

> 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);
>  }

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