Thanks for spotting! But while fixing this one also fix the ordering (which was never reached due to this wrong check) a few lines later. Patch (combined) at the end. Thanks, Bruno On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:28:49 Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "ref_cnt" is a point to the reference count and it's non-null. We really > want to test the reference count itself. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c > index 346f0e3..c0bdeba 100644 > --- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c > +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c > @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static void picolcd_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info) > ref_cnt--; > mutex_lock(&info->lock); > (*ref_cnt)--; > - may_release = !ref_cnt; > + may_release = !*ref_cnt; > mutex_unlock(&info->lock); > if (may_release) { > framebuffer_release(info); --- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c @@ -547,11 +547,11 @@ static void picolcd_fb_destroy(struct fb ref_cnt--; mutex_lock(&info->lock); (*ref_cnt)--; - may_release = !ref_cnt; + may_release = !*ref_cnt; mutex_unlock(&info->lock); if (may_release) { - framebuffer_release(info); vfree((u8 *)info->fix.smem_start); + framebuffer_release(info); } } -- 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