The probe function is not allowed to fail after the RTC is registered because the following may happen: CPU0: CPU1: sys_load_module() do_init_module() do_one_initcall() cmos_do_probe() rtc_device_register() __register_chrdev() cdev->owner = struct module* open("/dev/rtc0") rtc_device_unregister() module_put() free_module() module_free(mod->module_core) /* struct module *module is now freed */ chrdev_open() spin_lock(cdev_lock) cdev_get() try_module_get() module_is_live() /* dereferences already freed struct module* */ Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-tps6586x.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps6586x.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps6586x.c index 46a19adf9a96..9b741143f131 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps6586x.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps6586x.c @@ -276,14 +276,15 @@ static int tps6586x_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 1); platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc); - rtc->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, dev_name(&pdev->dev), - &tps6586x_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE); + rtc->rtc = devm_rtc_allocate_device(&pdev->dev); if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc)) { ret = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc); - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "RTC device register: ret %d\n", ret); + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "RTC allocate device: ret %d\n", ret); goto fail_rtc_register; } + rtc->rtc->ops = &tps6586x_rtc_ops; + ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, rtc->irq, NULL, tps6586x_rtc_irq, IRQF_ONESHOT, @@ -294,6 +295,13 @@ static int tps6586x_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto fail_rtc_register; } disable_irq(rtc->irq); + + ret = rtc_register_device(rtc->rtc); + if (ret) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "RTC device register: ret %d\n", ret); + goto fail_rtc_register; + } + return 0; fail_rtc_register: -- 2.17.0