linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: mxs-auart: put the device when exit or error

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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:00:05 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Huang Shijie <b32955@...escale.com>
Cc:	alan@...ux.intel.com, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shawn.guo@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: mxs-auart: put the device when exit or error

On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:33:07AM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
> We call the get_device() in the mxs_auart_probe().
> For the balance of the reference count, we should put the
> device in the mxs_auart_remove() or in the error path of
> probe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955@...escale.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

I already applied the previous version, so can you make up a patch
against the tty-next tree that fixes it up properly based on this patch?

thanks,

greg k-h
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