From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <ja...@zx2c4.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 04:41:59 +0100
> Before, if cb->start() failed, the module reference would never be put, > because cb->cb_running is intentionally false at this point. Users are > generally annoyed by this because they can no longer unload modules that > leak references. Also, it may be possible to tediously wrap a reference > counter back to zero, especially since module.c still uses atomic_inc > instead of refcount_inc. > > This patch expands the error path to simply call module_put if > cb->start() fails. > > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <ja...@zx2c4.com> > --- > This probably should be queued up for stable. Applied and queued up for -stable.
