drivers/staging/frontier/alphatrack.c +854 usb_alphatrack_disconnect() 845 /* if the device is not opened, then we clean up right now */ 846 if (!dev->open_count) { 847 up(&dev->sem); 848 usb_alphatrack_delete(dev); We free "dev" here. 849 } else { 850 dev->intf = NULL; 851 up(&dev->sem); 852 } 853 854 atomic_set(&dev->writes_pending, 0); We use it here. regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html