The device pointer in struct watchdog_device has a different lifetime than the driver code and should not be used in drivers. Use pr_err instead of dev_err. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c index 098fa9c34d6d..f0dc794d0fda 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation */ + +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt + #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/moduleparam.h> #include <linux/types.h> @@ -100,13 +103,14 @@ static int a21_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt, struct a21_wdt_drv *drv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdt); if (timeout != 1 && timeout != 30) { - dev_err(wdt->dev, "Only 1 and 30 allowed as timeout\n"); + pr_err("watchdog%d: Only 1 and 30 allowed as timeout\n", + wdt->id); return -EINVAL; } if (timeout == 30 && wdt->timeout == 1) { - dev_err(wdt->dev, - "Transition from fast to slow mode not allowed\n"); + pr_err("watchdog%d: Transition from fast to slow mode not allowed\n", + wdt->id); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.1.4 -- 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