tap: reference to KVA of an unloaded module causes kernel panic

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / drivers / net / macvtap.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index c2d0ea2fb01933d46e43b84fbf255901f18e5b91..cba5cb3b849a78c7073d5545bd1f8067f6e1db5f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static int macvtap_init(void)
 {
        int err;
 
-       err = tap_create_cdev(&macvtap_cdev, &macvtap_major, "macvtap");
-
+       err = tap_create_cdev(&macvtap_cdev, &macvtap_major, "macvtap",
+                             THIS_MODULE);
        if (err)
                goto out1;