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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c index 59a57279e77b..a4b13d326cfc 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c @@ -349,8 +349,16 @@ static int atmel_ecc_remove(struct i2c_client *client) /* Return EBUSY if i2c client already allocated. */ if (atomic_read(&i2c_priv->tfm_count)) { - dev_err(&client->dev, "Device is busy\n"); - return -EBUSY; + /* + * After we return here, the memory backing the device is freed. + * That happens no matter what the return value of this function + * is because in the Linux device model there is no error + * handling for unbinding a driver. + * If there is still some action pending, it probably involves + * accessing the freed memory. + */ + dev_emerg(&client->dev, "Device is busy, expect memory corruption.\n"); + return 0; } crypto_unregister_kpp(&atmel_ecdh_nist_p256); |