The device pointer in struct watchdog_device has a different lifetime than the driver code and should not be used in drivers. Use the pointer to the parent device instead. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Print messages using parent device drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c index 098fa9c34d6d..af6a7c489f08 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/mena21_wdt.c @@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ 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"); + dev_err(wdt->parent, "Only 1 and 30 allowed as timeout\n"); return -EINVAL; } if (timeout == 30 && wdt->timeout == 1) { - dev_err(wdt->dev, + dev_err(wdt->parent, "Transition from fast to slow mode not allowed\n"); 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