On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 11:06:00AM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote: > + cdev = &stdev->cdev; > + cdev_init(cdev, &switchtec_fops); > + cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE; > + cdev->kobj.parent = &dev->kobj; Minor nit, the kobject in a cdev is unlike any other kobject you have ever seen, don't mess with it, it's not doing anything like you think it is doing. So no need to set the parent field. thanks, greg k-h