>> --- a/drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.c >> +++ b/drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.c >> @@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ static int fc_probe(struct fmc_device *fmc) >> fc->misc.fops = &fc_fops; >> fc->misc.name = kstrdup(dev_name(&fmc->dev), GFP_KERNEL); >> >> - spin_lock(&fc_lock); >> ret = misc_register(&fc->misc); >> + spin_lock(&fc_lock); >> if (ret < 0) { >> kfree(fc->misc.name); >> kfree(fc); >> -- >> 1.9.1 This is already applied, though in a slightly different way. Commit 783c2fb1b. I fixed it in Jul 13 2013 after user reports. "git tag --contains 783c2fb1b" reports v3.12-rc1 and later /alessandro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html