[PATCH 4.1 088/123] mei: prevent unloading mei hw modules while the device is opened.

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 154322f47376fed6ab1e4b350aa45fffa15a61aa upstream.

chrdev_open() increases reference counter on cdev->owner. Instead of
assigning the owner to mei subsystem, the owner has to be set to the
underlaying HW module (mei_me or mei_txe), so once the device is opened
the HW module cannot be unloaded.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/misc/mei/main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int mei_register(struct mei_device *dev,
 	/* Fill in the data structures */
 	devno = MKDEV(MAJOR(mei_devt), dev->minor);
 	cdev_init(&dev->cdev, &mei_fops);
-	dev->cdev.owner = mei_fops.owner;
+	dev->cdev.owner = parent->driver->owner;
 
 	/* Add the device */
 	ret = cdev_add(&dev->cdev, devno, 1);


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