Re: What is struct pci_driver.owner for?

[Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>]

    Greg> But what it really does today is create the symlink from the
    Greg> driver to the module that is contained in it, in sysfs.
    Greg> Which is very invaluable for people who want to know these
    Greg> things (installer programs, etc.)

    Greg> That "module" symlink is created only if the .owner field is
    Greg> set.  That's why people are going through and adding it to
    Greg> all of the drivers in the system.

OK, I'll make my own small contribution and push this for 2.6.15:

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, mthca_pci_table
 
 static struct pci_driver mthca_driver = {
 	.name		= DRV_NAME,
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table	= mthca_pci_table,
 	.probe		= mthca_init_one,
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(mthca_remove_one)
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