No need to set .owner here. The core will do it. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Fixes: be904257f8a9 ("ODROID-XU4: char: exynos: add /dev/gpiomem device for rootless user GPIO access") CC: Brian Kim <brian.kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- I received some other warnings about this file, but with no details: >> drivers/char/exynos-gpiomem.c:231:15-18: ERROR: inst is NULL but dereferenced. -- >> drivers/char/exynos-gpiomem.c:231:9-13: ERROR: reference preceded by free on line 229 tree: https://github.com/tobetter/linux odroid-5.9.y head: 1118f1d60573bfbf1eb7ef079fa879a498ba4313 commit: be904257f8a9bd689b360fa98d3ffc85bdbeb560 [53/69] ODROID-XU4: char: exynos: add /dev/gpiomem device for rootless user GPIO access :::::: branch date: 4 hours ago :::::: commit date: 4 hours ago exynos-gpiomem.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/char/exynos-gpiomem.c +++ b/drivers/char/exynos-gpiomem.c @@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, exynos_gpiomem_o static struct platform_driver exynos_gpiomem_driver = { .driver = { .name = DRIVER_NAME, - .owner = THIS_MODULE, .of_match_table = exynos_gpiomem_of_match, }, .probe = exynos_gpiomem_probe,