[PATCH 8/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Use misc_sync_register()

[Tzung-Bi Shih]

Switch to use misc_sync_register() instead of misc_register() to
enable synchronous file operations support.  This helps prevent
Use-After-Free errors when the device is removed while files are still
open.

Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
index 7e046fc56998..d44afa3ef92d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int cros_ec_chardev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pdata->misc.name = ec_platform->ec_name;
 	pdata->misc.parent = pdev->dev.parent;
 
-	ret = misc_register(&pdata->misc);
+	ret = misc_sync_register(&pdata->misc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register misc device\n");
 		goto err_unregister_notifier;
-- 
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