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[DRIVER MODEL] Fix gbefb
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Statically allocated devices in module data is a potential cause
of oopsen.  The device may be in use by a userspace process, which
will keep a reference to the device.  If the module is unloaded,
the module data will be freed.  Subsequent use of the platform
device will cause a kernel oops.

Use generic platform device allocation/release code in modules.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Russell King authored and Russell King committed Nov 5, 2005
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18 changes: 12 additions & 6 deletions drivers/video/gbefb.c
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Expand Up @@ -1260,24 +1260,30 @@ static struct device_driver gbefb_driver = {
.remove = __devexit_p(gbefb_remove),
};

static struct platform_device gbefb_device = {
.name = "gbefb",
};
static struct platform_device *gbefb_device;

int __init gbefb_init(void)
{
int ret = driver_register(&gbefb_driver);
if (!ret) {
ret = platform_device_register(&gbefb_device);
if (ret)
gbefb_device = platform_device_alloc("gbefb", 0);
if (gbefb_device) {
ret = platform_device_add(gbefb_device);
} else {
ret = -ENOMEM;
}
if (ret) {
platform_device_put(gbefb_device);
driver_unregister(&gbefb_driver);
}
}
return ret;
}

void __exit gbefb_exit(void)
{
driver_unregister(&gbefb_driver);
platform_device_unregister(gbefb_device);
driver_unregister(&gbefb_driver);
}

module_init(gbefb_init);
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