[PATCH v3 3/8] clk: Don't try to use a struct clk* after it could have been freed

[Tomeu Vizoso]

As __clk_release could call kfree on clk and then we wouldn't have a safe way
of getting the module that owns the clock.

Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/clk/clk.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index d0712b7..40aa7ad 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2268,14 +2268,16 @@ int __clk_get(struct clk *clk)
 
 void __clk_put(struct clk *clk)
 {
+	struct module *owner;
+
 	if (!clk || WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ERR(clk)))
 		return;
 
 	clk_prepare_lock();
+	owner = clk->owner;
 	kref_put(&clk->ref, __clk_release);
+	module_put(owner);
 	clk_prepare_unlock();
-
-	module_put(clk->owner);
 }
 
 /***        clk rate change notifiers        ***/
-- 
1.9.3

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