Re: [PATCH 04/15] cpufreq: dbx500: initialize .owner field with THIS_MODULE

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Aug 14 2013 - 12:44:04 EST


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> CPUFreq core does following at multiple places:
> module_{get|put}(cpufreq_driver->owner)).
>
> This is done to make sure module doesn't get unloaded if it is currently in use.
> This will work only if the .owner field of cpufreq driver is initialized with a
> valid pointer.
>
> This field wasn't initialized for this driver, lets initialize it with
> THIS_MODULE.
>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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