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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 06f14008b34..a5c9ed128b9 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 && v4l2_dev->release == NULL) + v4l2_dev = NULL; + /* Release video_device and perform other cleanups as needed. */ vdev->release(vdev); |