HDA_DEV_ASOC type codec device refcounts are managed differently from HDA_DEV_LEGACY devices. The refcount is released explicitly in snd_hdac_ext_bus_device_remove() for ASOC type devices. So, remove the put_device() call in snd_hda_codec_dev_free() for such devices to make the refcount balanced. This will prevent the NULL pointer exception when the codec driver is released after the card is freed.
Signed-off-by: Ranjani Sridharan ranjani.sridharan@linux.intel.com --- sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c index b20eb7fc83eb..fcdf2cd3783b 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c @@ -840,7 +840,14 @@ static int snd_hda_codec_dev_free(struct snd_device *device) if (codec->core.type == HDA_DEV_LEGACY) snd_hdac_device_unregister(&codec->core); codec_display_power(codec, false); - put_device(hda_codec_dev(codec)); + + /* + * In the case of ASoC HD-audio bus, the device refcount is released in + * snd_hdac_ext_bus_device_remove() explicitly. + */ + if (codec->core.type == HDA_DEV_LEGACY) + put_device(hda_codec_dev(codec)); + return 0; }