From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] genl: Hold reference on correct module while netlink-dump. Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:19:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130828.171955.206794935410358888.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1377287104-13297-1-git-send-email-pshelar@nicira.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jesse@nicira.com, johannes.berg@intel.com To: pshelar@nicira.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:49870 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755785Ab3H1VT5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:19:57 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1377287104-13297-1-git-send-email-pshelar@nicira.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Pravin B Shelar Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:45:04 -0700 > netlink dump operations take module as parameter to hold > reference for entire netlink dump duration. > Currently it holds ref only on genl module which is not correct > when we use ops registered to genl from another module. > Following patch adds module pointer to genl_ops so that netlink > can hold ref count on it. > > CC: Jesse Gross > CC: Johannes Berg > Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.