The patch titled
mousedev fix 2
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mousedev-fix-2.patch
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Subject: mousedev fix 2
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I was relying on implicit pinning of parent device via kobjectb/sysfs but
your tree may not pin it anymore.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/mousedev.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/input/mousedev.c~mousedev-fix-2 drivers/input/mousedev.c
--- a/drivers/input/mousedev.c~mousedev-fix-2
+++ a/drivers/input/mousedev.c
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static void mousedev_free(struct device
{
struct mousedev *mousedev = container_of(dev, struct mousedev, dev);
+ put_device(mousedev->dev.parent);
mousedev_table[mousedev->minor] = NULL;
kfree(mousedev);
}
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ static struct mousedev *mousedev_create(
sizeof(mousedev->dev.bus_id));
mousedev->dev.class = &input_class;
if (dev)
- mousedev->dev.parent = &dev->dev;
+ mousedev->dev.parent = get_device(&dev->dev);
mousedev->dev.devt = MKDEV(INPUT_MAJOR, MOUSEDEV_MINOR_BASE + minor);
mousedev->dev.release = mousedev_free;
device_initialize(&mousedev->dev);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dtor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
git-input.patch
input-convert-from-class-devices-to-standard-devices.patch
input-evdev-implement-proper-locking.patch
mousedev-fix.patch
mousedev-fix-2.patch
input-rfkill-add-support-for-input-key-to-control-wireless-radio-fixes.patch
input-rfkill-add-support-for-input-key-to-control-wireless-radio-fixes-fix.patch
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