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| author | Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> | 2011-10-15 00:14:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> | 2011-10-15 00:14:01 +0000 |
| commit | 07aaae44f5a3962c3a410a6dd7936dfa7dece2b9 (patch) | |
| tree | 0cdb5735800ddd63d8850aa26d3a3f1f3334267a /drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c | |
| parent | 07a062140372187642003e02a49edc8a2115c1ca (diff) | |
| parent | 976d167615b64e14bc1491ca51d424e2ba9a5e84 (diff) | |
| download | linux-07aaae44f5a3962c3a410a6dd7936dfa7dece2b9.tar.gz | |
Merge commit 'v3.1-rc9' into fbdev-next
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c index 06f14008b346..d72156517726 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c @@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ static void v4l2_device_release(struct device *cd) media_device_unregister_entity(&vdev->entity); #endif + /* Do not call v4l2_device_put if there is no release callback set. + * Drivers that have no v4l2_device release callback might free the + * v4l2_dev instance in the video_device release callback below, so we + * must perform this check here. + * + * TODO: In the long run all drivers that use v4l2_device should use the + * v4l2_device release callback. This check will then be unnecessary. + */ + if (v4l2_dev->release == NULL) + v4l2_dev = NULL; + /* Release video_device and perform other cleanups as needed. */ vdev->release(vdev); |