Re: [PATCH] Add support for ITE887x serial chipsets

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 04:03:03PM +0200, Niels de Vos wrote:
> +static int __devinit pci_ite887x_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> ...
> +	if (ret > 0) {
> +		dev->dev.driver_data = iobase;
> +	} else {
> +		/* the device has no UARTs if we get here */
> +		release_region(iobase->start, ITE_887x_IOSIZE);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static void __devexit pci_ite887x_exit(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	struct resource *iobase = (struct resource*) dev->dev.driver_data;
> +	/* free the private driver data */
> +	release_region(iobase->start, ITE_887x_IOSIZE);
> +	dev->dev.driver_data = NULL;
> +}
> +

You can't do that.  dev->dev.driver_data is used by this very driver
itself to store its own data, or alternatively the parport_serial
driver to store its private data.  Therefore, dev->dev.driver_data
will be corrupted between your _init function setting it and your
_exit function using it.

Suggest you read the iobase back from the device to release it.

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Russell King
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