lightnvm: prevent target type module removal when in use

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If target type module e.g. pblk here is unloaded (rmmod) while module
is in use (after creating target) system crashes.  We fix this by
using module API refcnt.

Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com>
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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Rakesh Pandit 2017-10-13 14:45:50 +02:00 • committed by Jens Axboe

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drivers/lightnvm/core.c

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drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c

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include/linux/lightnvm.h

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