Re: [PATCH 1/4] auxdisplay: ks0108: fix refcount

[Sudip Mukherjee]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 05:27:21PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> parport_find_base() will implicitly do parport_get_port() which
> increases the refcount. Then parport_register_device() will again
> increment the refcount. But while unloading the module we are only
> doing parport_unregister_device() decrementing the refcount only once.
> We add an parport_put_port() to neutralize the effect of
> parport_get_port().
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 2.6.32+
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Hi Miguel,
A gentle ping.

regards
sudip
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