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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/media/v4l2-subdev.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c index 02d1b6327117..015f92aab44a 100644 --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c @@ -158,7 +158,17 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev, /* Warn if we apparently re-register a subdev */ WARN_ON(sd->v4l2_dev != NULL); - if (!try_module_get(sd->owner)) + /* + * The reason to acquire the module here is to avoid unloading + * a module of sub-device which is registered to a media + * device. To make it possible to unload modules for media + * devices that also register sub-devices, do not + * try_module_get() such sub-device owners. + */ + sd->owner_v4l2_dev = v4l2_dev->dev && v4l2_dev->dev->driver && + sd->owner == v4l2_dev->dev->driver->owner; + + if (!sd->owner_v4l2_dev && !try_module_get(sd->owner)) return -ENODEV; sd->v4l2_dev = v4l2_dev; @@ -192,7 +202,8 @@ error_unregister: if (sd->internal_ops && sd->internal_ops->unregistered) sd->internal_ops->unregistered(sd); error_module: - module_put(sd->owner); + if (!sd->owner_v4l2_dev) + module_put(sd->owner); sd->v4l2_dev = NULL; return err; } @@ -280,6 +291,7 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd) } #endif video_unregister_device(sd->devnode); - module_put(sd->owner); + if (!sd->owner_v4l2_dev) + module_put(sd->owner); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_device_unregister_subdev); diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h index ee1cb2d354a8..ee0ae769ca94 100644 --- a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h +++ b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h @@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ struct v4l2_subdev { #endif struct list_head list; struct module *owner; + bool owner_v4l2_dev; u32 flags; struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev; const struct v4l2_subdev_ops *ops; |