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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/firmware_class.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index fc119ce6fdb..7d3a83bb131 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ err_put_dev: * @name will be used as $FIRMWARE in the uevent environment and * should be distinctive enough not to be confused with any other * firmware image for this or any other device. + * + * Caller must hold the reference count of @device. **/ int request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name, @@ -823,6 +825,7 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work) out: fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context); + put_device(fw_work->device); module_put(fw_work->module); kfree(fw_work); @@ -841,6 +844,8 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work) * @cont: function will be called asynchronously when the firmware * request is over. * + * Caller must hold the reference count of @device. + * * Asynchronous variant of request_firmware() for user contexts where * it is not possible to sleep for long time. It can't be called * in atomic contexts. @@ -869,6 +874,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait( return -EFAULT; } + get_device(fw_work->device); INIT_WORK(&fw_work->work, request_firmware_work_func); schedule_work(&fw_work->work); return 0; |