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Krzysztof Kozlowski
94cd101100
Modules registering driver with sdio_register_driver() might
forget to set .owner field. The field is used by some of other kernel
parts for reference counting (try_module_get()), so it is expected that
drivers will set it.
Solve the problem by moving this task away from the drivers to the core
code, just like we did for platform_driver in
commit 9447057eaf ("platform_device: use a macro instead of
platform_driver_register").
Since many drivers forget to set the .owner, this effectively will fix
them. Examples of fixed drivers are: ath6kl, b43, btsdio.c, ks7010,
libertas, MediaTek WiFi drivers, Realtek WiFi drivers, rsi, siano,
wilc1000, wl1251 and more.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240329-module-owner-sdio-v1-1-e4010b11ccaa@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
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