3.16.62-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> commit fb6de923ca3358a91525552b4907d4cb38730bdd upstream. dev_set_drvdata() needs to be called before device_register() exposes device to userspace. Otherwise kernel crashes after it gets null pointer from dev_get_drvdata() when userspace tries to access sysfs entries. [Removed backtrace for length -- broonie] Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c @@ -3470,14 +3470,13 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulato rdev->dev.parent = dev; dev_set_name(&rdev->dev, "regulator.%d", atomic_inc_return(®ulator_no) - 1); + dev_set_drvdata(&rdev->dev, rdev); ret = device_register(&rdev->dev); if (ret != 0) { put_device(&rdev->dev); goto clean; } - dev_set_drvdata(&rdev->dev, rdev); - if (config->ena_gpio && gpio_is_valid(config->ena_gpio)) { ret = regulator_ena_gpio_request(rdev, config); if (ret != 0) {