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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/firmware_class.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index fc119ce6fdb8..7d3a83bb1318 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ err_put_dev:
* @name will be used as $FIRMWARE in the uevent environment and
* should be distinctive enough not to be confused with any other
* firmware image for this or any other device.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold the reference count of @device.
**/
int
request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
@@ -823,6 +825,7 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
out:
fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context);
+ put_device(fw_work->device);
module_put(fw_work->module);
kfree(fw_work);
@@ -841,6 +844,8 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
* @cont: function will be called asynchronously when the firmware
* request is over.
*
+ * Caller must hold the reference count of @device.
+ *
* Asynchronous variant of request_firmware() for user contexts where
* it is not possible to sleep for long time. It can't be called
* in atomic contexts.
@@ -869,6 +874,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
return -EFAULT;
}
+ get_device(fw_work->device);
INIT_WORK(&fw_work->work, request_firmware_work_func);
schedule_work(&fw_work->work);
return 0;
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