Add call to __module_get when initialising the fake tty in
usb_console_setup to match the module_put in release_one_tty.
Note that the tty-driver (i.e. usb-serial core) must be compiled-in to
enable the usb console so the __module_get is essentially a noop as
driver->owner will be null.
Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jo...@kernel.org>
---
drivers/usb/serial/console.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c
index 29fa1c3d0089..3806e7014199 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ static int usb_console_setup(struct console *co, char
*options)
init_ldsem(&tty->ldisc_sem);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tty->tty_files);
kref_get(&tty->driver->kref);
+ __module_get(tty->driver->owner);
tty->ops = &usb_console_fake_tty_ops;
if (tty_init_termios(tty)) {
retval = -ENOMEM;
--
2.0.5
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