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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2005-11-05 21:21:38 +0000
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2005-11-05 21:21:38 +0000
commit8d972a962177a261fc894f767fa3014f63d661e9 (patch)
treece79f869f65da3ce87c0ad50f7a84d527511d61f /drivers
parent09c6518ca0de24549a923891b2d335e8496d79a9 (diff)
[DRIVER MODEL] Fix arcfb
Release code in driver modules is a potential cause of oopsen. The device may be in use by a userspace process, which will keep a reference to the device. If the module is unloaded, the module text will be freed. Subsequently, when the last reference is dropped, the release code will be called, which no longer exists. Use generic platform device allocation/release code in modules. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/arcfb.c25
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/arcfb.c b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
index 126daff1c84..6aa9f824c18 100644
--- a/drivers/video/arcfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
@@ -502,10 +502,6 @@ static ssize_t arcfb_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
return err;
}
-static void arcfb_platform_release(struct device *device)
-{
-}
-
static struct fb_ops arcfb_ops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.fb_open = arcfb_open,
@@ -624,13 +620,7 @@ static struct device_driver arcfb_driver = {
.remove = arcfb_remove,
};
-static struct platform_device arcfb_device = {
- .name = "arcfb",
- .id = 0,
- .dev = {
- .release = arcfb_platform_release,
- }
-};
+static struct platform_device *arcfb_device;
static int __init arcfb_init(void)
{
@@ -641,9 +631,16 @@ static int __init arcfb_init(void)
ret = driver_register(&arcfb_driver);
if (!ret) {
- ret = platform_device_register(&arcfb_device);
- if (ret)
+ arcfb_device = platform_device_alloc("arcfb", 0);
+ if (arcfb_device) {
+ ret = platform_device_add(arcfb_device);
+ } else {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ if (ret) {
+ platform_device_put(arcfb_device);
driver_unregister(&arcfb_driver);
+ }
}
return ret;
@@ -651,7 +648,7 @@ static int __init arcfb_init(void)
static void __exit arcfb_exit(void)
{
- platform_device_unregister(&arcfb_device);
+ platform_device_unregister(arcfb_device);
driver_unregister(&arcfb_driver);
}