Do not assing the Linux device to struct fb_info.dev. The call to
register_framebuffer() initializes the field to the fbdev device.
Drivers should not override its value.

Fixes a bug where the driver incorrectly decreases the hardware
device's reference counter and leaks the fbdev device.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmerm...@suse.de>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c
index f6cd200fe50f..37309f9dbe82 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@ static int ep93xxfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
        if (!info)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       info->dev = &pdev->dev;
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
        fbi = info->par;
        fbi->mach_info = mach_info;
-- 
2.40.1

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