This patch (as667) changes the __device_release_driver() routine to
prevent it from crashing when it runs across a device not on any bus.
This seems logical, inasmuch as the corresponding bus_add_device()
routine has an explicit check allowing it to accept such devices.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
0f836ca4c122f4ef096110d652a6326fe34e6961
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 730a9ce..889c711 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void __device_release_driver(stru
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "driver");
klist_remove(&dev->knode_driver);
- if (dev->bus->remove)
+ if (dev->bus && dev->bus->remove)
dev->bus->remove(dev);
else if (drv->remove)
drv->remove(dev);
--
1.2.6
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