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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c index 2d6110278eac..e2c5abbb45ff 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c @@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) struct watchdog_core_data *wd_data = file->private_data; struct watchdog_device *wdd; int err = -EBUSY; + bool running; mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock); @@ -742,14 +743,15 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) clear_bit(_WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wd_data->status); done: + running = wdd && watchdog_hw_running(wdd); mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock); /* * Allow the owner module to be unloaded again unless the watchdog * is still running. If the watchdog is still running, it can not * be stopped, and its driver must not be unloaded. */ - if (!watchdog_hw_running(wdd)) { - module_put(wdd->ops->owner); + if (!running) { + module_put(wd_data->cdev.owner); kref_put(&wd_data->kref, watchdog_core_data_release); } return 0; |