[patch added to the 3.12 stable tree] auxdisplay: ks0108: fix refcount

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From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

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commit bab383de3b84e584b0f09227151020b2a43dc34c upstream.

parport_find_base() will implicitly do parport_get_port() which
increases the refcount. Then parport_register_device() will again
increment the refcount. But while unloading the module we are only
doing parport_unregister_device() decrementing the refcount only once.
We add an parport_put_port() to neutralize the effect of
parport_get_port().

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c
index 5b93852392b8..0d752851a1ee 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int __init ks0108_init(void)
 
 	ks0108_pardevice = parport_register_device(ks0108_parport, KS0108_NAME,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL, PARPORT_DEV_EXCL, NULL);
+	parport_put_port(ks0108_parport);
 	if (ks0108_pardevice == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR KS0108_NAME ": ERROR: "
 			"parport didn't register new device\n");
-- 
2.5.3

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