From: Kyle Meyer <kyle.meyer@xxxxxxx> acpi-cpufreq is loaded without performing initialization when a cpufreq driver exists. If initialization didn't occur then skip cleanup in acpi_cpufreq_exit(). This prevents unnecessary freeing and unregistering when the module is unloaded. Reported-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle.meyer@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c index 7e7450453714..8d425f14c267 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c @@ -1042,8 +1042,19 @@ static int __init acpi_cpufreq_init(void) static void __exit acpi_cpufreq_exit(void) { + const char *current_driver; + pr_debug("%s\n", __func__); + /* + * If another cpufreq_driver was loaded, preventing acpi-cpufreq from + * registering, there's no need to unregister it. + */ + current_driver = cpufreq_get_current_driver(); + if (!current_driver || + strncmp(current_driver, acpi_cpufreq_driver.name, strlen(acpi_cpufreq_driver.name))) + return; + acpi_cpufreq_boost_exit(); cpufreq_unregister_driver(&acpi_cpufreq_driver); -- 2.25.1