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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c19
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index d9841416848..82202c2b1bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ 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;
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
err_unmap:
xen_netbk_unmap_frontend_rings(vif);
err:
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return err;
}
@@ -360,18 +363,32 @@ void xenvif_carrier_off(struct xenvif *vif)
void xenvif_disconnect(struct xenvif *vif)
{
+ /* Disconnect funtion might get called by generic framework
+ * even before vif connects, so we need to check if we really
+ * need to do a module_put.
+ */
+ int need_module_put = 0;
+
if (netif_carrier_ok(vif->dev))
xenvif_carrier_off(vif);
atomic_dec(&vif->refcnt);
wait_event(vif->waiting_to_free, atomic_read(&vif->refcnt) == 0);
- if (vif->irq)
+ if (vif->irq) {
unbind_from_irqhandler(vif->irq, vif);
+ /* vif->irq is valid, we had a module_get in
+ * xenvif_connect.
+ */
+ need_module_put = 1;
+ }
unregister_netdev(vif->dev);
xen_netbk_unmap_frontend_rings(vif);
free_netdev(vif->dev);
+
+ if (need_module_put)
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
}