From: Patrick McHardy Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 23:59:45 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix module reference counting X-Git-Tag: v2.6.21-rc3~2^2~9 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7d90e86d31e8beeb66d6754aece890ac4a579887;p=linux-2.6 [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix module reference counting Count module references correctly: after instance_destroy() there might be timer pending and holding a reference for this netlink instance. Based on patch by Michal Miroslaw Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c index b669db5646..d0af8bc3ee 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ instance_put(struct nfulnl_instance *inst) if (inst && atomic_dec_and_test(&inst->use)) { UDEBUG("kfree(inst=%p)\n", inst); kfree(inst); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); } } @@ -228,8 +229,6 @@ _instance_destroy2(struct nfulnl_instance *inst, int lock) /* and finally put the refcount */ instance_put(inst); - - module_put(THIS_MODULE); } static inline void