If PWM device is requested by means of legacy API pwm_request(), its
resources are not freed on module unbind, which may cause an oops on
access, e.g. by reading /sys/kernel/debug/pwm.
Reported-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dmitry_eremin@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
struct regulator *power_supply;
struct gpio_desc *enable_gpio;
unsigned int scale;
+ bool legacy;
int (*notify)(struct device *,
int brightness);
void (*notify_after)(struct device *,
pb->pwm = devm_pwm_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(pb->pwm)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to request PWM, trying legacy API\n");
-
+ pb->legacy = true;
pb->pwm = pwm_request(data->pwm_id, "pwm-backlight");
if (IS_ERR(pb->pwm)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to request legacy PWM\n");
if (pb->exit)
pb->exit(&pdev->dev);
+ if (pb->legacy)
+ pwm_free(pb->pwm);
return 0;
}