Governor's owner refcount usage was broken. We should increment refcount only when CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT event has come and should decrement only if CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT has come. Lets fix it. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index e9b969f..74d4969 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -1707,8 +1707,9 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, } } - if (!try_module_get(policy->governor->owner)) - return -EINVAL; + if (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT) + if (!try_module_get(policy->governor->owner)) + return -EINVAL; pr_debug("__cpufreq_governor for CPU %u, event %u\n", policy->cpu, event); @@ -1717,6 +1718,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, if ((!policy->governor_enabled && (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP)) || (policy->governor_enabled && (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_START))) { mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_lock); + if (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT) + module_put(policy->governor->owner); return -EBUSY; } @@ -1744,11 +1747,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_lock); } - /* we keep one module reference alive for - each CPU governed by this CPU */ - if ((event != CPUFREQ_GOV_START) || ret) - module_put(policy->governor->owner); - if ((event == CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP) && !ret) + if (((event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT) && ret) || + ((event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT) && !ret)) module_put(policy->governor->owner); return ret; -- 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html