From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx> This allows tracking device state and e.g. makes devm work as expected. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Kalle: this issue is in bcma since /ever/, so I'm Cc-ing stable without pointing any version. If someone reviewes (you or anyone) you may consider taking it as 3.10 fix. Can someone confirm this patch is OK? --- drivers/bcma/main.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/bcma/main.c b/drivers/bcma/main.c index 2c1798e38abd..38688236b3cd 100644 --- a/drivers/bcma/main.c +++ b/drivers/bcma/main.c @@ -633,8 +633,11 @@ static int bcma_device_probe(struct device *dev) drv); int err = 0; + get_device(dev); if (adrv->probe) err = adrv->probe(core); + if (err) + put_device(dev); return err; } @@ -647,6 +650,7 @@ static int bcma_device_remove(struct device *dev) if (adrv->remove) adrv->remove(core); + put_device(dev); return 0; } -- 2.11.0