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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-19 09:19:03 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-19 09:19:03 +0300
commit3505d1a9fd65e2d3e00827857b6795d9d8983658 (patch)
tree941cfafdb57c427bb6b7ebf6354ee93b2a3693b5 /drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
parentdfef948ed2ba69cf041840b5e860d6b4e16fa0b1 (diff)
parent66b00a7c93ec782d118d2c03bd599cfd041e80a1 (diff)
downloadlinux-3505d1a9fd65e2d3e00827857b6795d9d8983658.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/sfc/sfe4001.c drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c drivers/staging/Kconfig drivers/staging/Makefile drivers/staging/rtl8187se/Kconfig drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
index 59aa7a3694c2..36e617bd13c7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c
@@ -1160,13 +1160,15 @@ void soc_camera_host_unregister(struct soc_camera_host *ici)
if (icd->iface == ici->nr) {
/* The bus->remove will be called */
device_unregister(&icd->dev);
- /* Not before device_unregister(), .remove
- * needs parent to call ici->ops->remove() */
- icd->dev.parent = NULL;
-
- /* If the host module is loaded again, device_register()
- * would complain "already initialised" */
- memset(&icd->dev.kobj, 0, sizeof(icd->dev.kobj));
+ /*
+ * Not before device_unregister(), .remove
+ * needs parent to call ici->ops->remove().
+ * If the host module is loaded again, device_register()
+ * would complain "already initialised," since 2.6.32
+ * this is also needed to prevent use-after-free of the
+ * device private data.
+ */
+ memset(&icd->dev, 0, sizeof(icd->dev));
}
}