watchdog: sch311x_wdt.c: set parent before registeriing the misc devi…

…ce in probe() function Set the paranet of the misc_device before we register the misc_device. Reported-by: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Wim Van sebroeck <[email protected]>
pop-os · Aug 8, 2010 · 4c4b638 · 4c4b638
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diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
@@ -425,15 +425,15 @@ static int __devinit sch311x_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	val = therm_trip ? 0x06 : 0x04;
 	outb(val, sch311x_wdt_data.runtime_reg + RESGEN);
 
+	sch311x_wdt_miscdev.parent = dev;
+
 	err = misc_register(&sch311x_wdt_miscdev);
 	if (err != 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d)\n",
 							WATCHDOG_MINOR, err);
 		goto exit_release_region3;
 	}
 
-	sch311x_wdt_miscdev.parent = dev;
-
 	dev_info(dev,
 		"SMSC SCH311x WDT initialized. timeout=%d sec (nowayout=%d)\n",
 		timeout, nowayout);