Revert "driver core: refcounting fix"
This reverts commit 63ce18cfe685115ff8d341bae4c9204a79043cf0.
It was the incorrect fix and causes a reference counting bug whenever
any driver module is removed from the system. Mike Galbraith
<efault@gmx.de> is looking for the real fix for his problem.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index f77e893..fbc51de 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2419,12 +2419,6 @@
kfree(driver_name);
}
}
- /*
- * Undo the additional reference we added in module_add_driver()
- * via kset_find_obj()
- */
- if (drv->mod_name)
- kobject_put(&drv->kobj);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_remove_driver);
#endif
