From: Balaji Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The cpufreq core should not take an extra kobject reference count for no
reason, and then refuse to release it. This has been reported as
keeping machines from properly powering down all the way.
Signed-off-by: Balaji Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Yi Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 8 --------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 64926aa..89a29cd 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1006,14 +1006,6 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev (struct sys_device *
sys_dev)
}
#endif
-
- if (!kobject_get(&data->kobj)) {
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
- cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
- unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
- return -EFAULT;
- }
-
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
--
1.5.4
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