Count module references correctly: after instance_destroy() there
might be timer pending and holding a reference for this netlink instance.

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- linux-2.6.20/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c.5        2007-02-11 
22:24:56.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.20/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c  2007-02-11 22:31:19.000000000 
+0100
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ instance_put(struct nfulnl_instance *ins
        if (inst && atomic_dec_and_test(&inst->use)) {
                UDEBUG("kfree(inst=%p)\n", inst);
                kfree(inst);
+               module_put(THIS_MODULE);
        }
 }
 
@@ -146,9 +147,13 @@ instance_create(u_int16_t group_num, int
        UDEBUG("entering (group_num=%u, pid=%d)\n", group_num,
                pid);
 
+       if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
+               UDEBUG("aborting, could not reference own module (module 
unloading?)\n");
+               goto out_modunload;
+       }
+
        write_lock_bh(&instances_lock); 
        if (__instance_lookup(group_num)) {
-               inst = NULL;
                UDEBUG("aborting, instance already exists\n");
                goto out_unlock;
        }
@@ -176,9 +181,6 @@ instance_create(u_int16_t group_num, int
        inst->copy_mode         = NFULNL_COPY_PACKET;
        inst->copy_range        = 0xffff;
 
-       if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
-               goto out_free;
-
        hlist_add_head(&inst->hlist, 
                       &instance_table[instance_hashfn(group_num)]);
 
@@ -189,10 +191,10 @@ instance_create(u_int16_t group_num, int
 
        return inst;
 
-out_free:
-       instance_put(inst);
 out_unlock:
        write_unlock_bh(&instances_lock);
+       module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+out_modunload:
        return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -228,8 +230,6 @@ _instance_destroy2(struct nfulnl_instanc
 
        /* and finally put the refcount */
        instance_put(inst);
-
-       module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
 static inline void
-
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