Hi, We do a setup_timer at init stage of the module, but we didn't de-activate the time using del_timer. The below patch may help doing so.. Please feel free to comment... diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c index 7e88839..fca50a7 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c @@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static void __devexit cpu5wdt_exit(void) if (cpu5wdt_device.queue) { cpu5wdt_device.queue = 0; wait_for_completion(&cpu5wdt_device.stop); + del_timer(&cpu5wdt_device.timer); } Thanks, Devendra. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html