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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 06f14008b346..a5c9ed128b97 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);