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yaml
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r: 248633
b: refs/heads/master
c: 179eb03
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  248631: e088062
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ce788f930b0cdf821de7ee8f84cfe8cf7fcb6311
+refs/heads/master: 179eb03268aa1da03d90f1566ea85dc1478d3ae3

trunk/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c

@@ -675,8 +675,14 @@ static int __init alarmtimer_init_late(void)
 	/* Find an rtc device and init the rtc_timer */
 	dev = class_find_device(rtc_class, NULL, &str, has_wakealarm);
 	/* If we have a device then str is valid. See has_wakealarm() */
-	if (dev)
+	if (dev) {
 		rtcdev = rtc_class_open(str);
+		/*
+		 * Drop the reference we got in class_find_device,
+		 * rtc_open takes its own.
+		 */
+		put_device(dev);
+	}
 	if (!rtcdev) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "No RTC device found, ALARM timers will"
 			" not wake from suspend");