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/gpio_wdt.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c index 035c2387b846..ba066e4a707b 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static void gpio_wdt_hwping(unsigned long data) if (priv->armed && time_after(jiffies, priv->last_jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(wdd->timeout * 1000))) { - dev_crit(wdd->dev, "Timer expired. System will reboot soon!\n"); + dev_crit(wdd->parent, + "Timer expired. System will reboot soon!\n"); return; } -- 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