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[1/2] spi: spi-coldfire-qspi: Drop extra spi_master_put in device remove function

Message ID 1345173960-6138-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
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Guenter Roeck Aug. 17, 2012, 3:25 a.m. UTC
The call sequence spi_alloc_master/spi_register_master/spi_unregister_master is
complete; it reduces the device reference count to zero, which and results in
device memory being freed. The subsequent call to spi_master_put is unnecessary
and results in an access to free memory. Drop it.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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 drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Mark Brown Aug. 17, 2012, 9:46 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 08:25:59PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> The call sequence spi_alloc_master/spi_register_master/spi_unregister_master is
> complete; it reduces the device reference count to zero, which and results in
> device memory being freed. The subsequent call to spi_master_put is unnecessary
> and results in an access to free memory. Drop it.

Applied both, thanks.

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diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c
index b2d4b9e..1a30b47 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-coldfire-qspi.c
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@  static int __devexit mcfqspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	iounmap(mcfqspi->iobase);
 	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	spi_unregister_master(master);
-	spi_master_put(master);
 
 	return 0;
 }