Add call to __module_get when initialising the fake tty in usb_console_setup to match the module_put in release_one_tty. Note that the tty-driver (i.e. usb-serial core) must be compiled-in to enable the usb console so the __module_get is essentially a noop as driver->owner will be null. Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/console.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c index 29fa1c3d0089..3806e7014199 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt #include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/tty.h> #include <linux/console.h> @@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ static int usb_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) init_ldsem(&tty->ldisc_sem); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tty->tty_files); kref_get(&tty->driver->kref); + __module_get(tty->driver->owner); tty->ops = &usb_console_fake_tty_ops; if (tty_init_termios(tty)) { retval = -ENOMEM; -- 2.0.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html