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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/connect.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index c7d341714586..701daf411a4b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ multi_t2_fnd:
set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}
- return 0;
+ module_put_and_exit(0);
}
/* extract the host portion of the UNC string */
@@ -2176,10 +2176,17 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
so no need to spinlock this init of tcpStatus */
srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsNew;
init_MUTEX(&srvTcp->tcpSem);
+
+ /*
+ * since we're in a cifs function already, we know that
+ * this will succeed. No need for try_module_get().
+ */
+ __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
srvTcp->tsk = kthread_run((void *)(void *)cifs_demultiplex_thread, srvTcp, "cifsd");
if (IS_ERR(srvTcp->tsk)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(srvTcp->tsk);
cERROR(1, ("error %d create cifsd thread", rc));
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
srvTcp->tsk = NULL;
sock_release(csocket);
kfree(srvTcp->hostname);