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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/video.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c index 2020907..aab3851 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c @@ -997,8 +997,18 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(struct acpi_video_device *device) device->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("LCD", device->dev, &video_cooling_ops); - if (IS_ERR(device->cdev)) + if (IS_ERR(device->cdev)) { + /* + * Set cdev to NULL so we don't crash trying to + * free it. + * Also, why the hell we are returning early and + * not attempt to register video output if cooling + * device registration failed? + * -- dtor + */ + device->cdev = NULL; return; + } dev_info(&device->dev->dev, "registered as cooling_device%d\n", device->cdev->id); |
