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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c index e8c5c54e1d26..d6a6adfd5159 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c @@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t domid) blkif->domid = domid; atomic_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1); init_completion(&blkif->drain_complete); + + /* + * Because freeing back to the cache may be deferred, it is not + * safe to unload the module (and hence destroy the cache) until + * this has completed. To prevent premature unloading, take an + * extra module reference here and release only when the object + * has been freed back to the cache. + */ + __module_get(THIS_MODULE); INIT_WORK(&blkif->free_work, xen_blkif_deferred_free); return blkif; @@ -320,6 +329,7 @@ static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif) /* Make sure everything is drained before shutting down */ kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); } int __init xen_blkif_interface_init(void) |