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-rw-r--r--drivers/sound/sound_core.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/sound/sound_core.c b/drivers/sound/sound_core.c
index aa2890f05..8a85d4c42 100644
--- a/drivers/sound/sound_core.c
+++ b/drivers/sound/sound_core.c
@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@ static int soundcore_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
static struct file_operations soundcore_fops=
{
- owner: THIS_MODULE,
+/* owner: THIS_MODULE, * this is a bug: if we have an owner, the kernel
+ generates a MOD_INC_USE_COUNT - thus
+ the module cannot be unloaded since the device
+ is never released here ! - solution: owner
+ has to be NULL. Patch by Peter Wahl <Peter.Wahl@epost.de> */
open: soundcore_open,
};