Since the rtc_register_device, removing an RTC device will end with a refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free warning since put_device is called twice in the device tear down path. Fixes: fdcfd854333b ("rtc: rework rtc_register_device() resource management") Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/class.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c index e6b44b7c4ad3..5c6748dfa55d 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/class.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c @@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ static void devm_rtc_unregister_device(void *data) cdev_device_del(&rtc->char_dev, &rtc->dev); rtc->ops = NULL; mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock); - put_device(&rtc->dev); } static void devm_rtc_release_device(void *res) -- 2.28.0