of_platform_depopulate can lead to a kernel error when calling release_resource() of_platform_depopulate() of_platform_device_destroy() platform_device_unregister(platform_device *pdev) platform_device_del(platform_device *pdev) for (i = 0; i < pdev->num_resources; i++) release_resource() The reason is that it is trying to release a resource that was not allocated via insert_resource of_platform_populate() ... of_device_alloc() pdev = platform_device_alloc() # set pdev->resource, similar to platform_device_add_resources() of_device_add(platform_device *pdev) # similar to platform_device_add(), but note there's no # insert_resource() in this path device_add(&pdev->dev) This set of patches modifies release_resource to check for resource->parent==NULL and throw a warning if there is an error. base/platform has been fixed for an hypothetical condition where parent is set but the platform is neither MEM or IO. Then platform_device_alloc has been modified so it supports of and amba devices. Finally of_device_add has been modified to use platform_device_add(). v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/20/435 v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/21/99 https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/21/100 Ricardo Ribalda Delgado (4): kernel/resource: Invalid memory access in __release_resource base/platform: Only insert MEM and IO resources base/platform: Continue on insert_resource() error of/platform: Use platform_device interface drivers/base/platform.c | 20 ++++++++++++-------- drivers/of/platform.c | 3 ++- kernel/resource.c | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html