kthread_run() and kthread_stop() already do reference counting of the task, so remove get_task_struct/put_task_struct() to avoid double reference counting. Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c index 360d7a00f60d..352f27657238 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c @@ -849,7 +849,6 @@ static int ina2xx_buffer_enable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev) if (IS_ERR(task)) return PTR_ERR(task); - get_task_struct(task); chip->task = task; return 0; @@ -861,7 +860,6 @@ static int ina2xx_buffer_disable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev) if (chip->task) { kthread_stop(chip->task); - put_task_struct(chip->task); chip->task = NULL; } -- 2.25.1