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(). Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 2.6.32+ Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c index 5b93852..0d75285 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"); -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html