From: Jiri Slaby Don't forget to decrease card_count in fail paths and in remove function. Also null board->base in such cases to point out, that this structure is unused and thus can be reassigned. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/isicom.c | 16 +++++++++------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/isicom.c~char-isicom-correct-probing-removing drivers/char/isicom.c --- a/drivers/char/isicom.c~char-isicom-correct-probing-removing +++ a/drivers/char/isicom.c @@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ end: /* * Insmod can set static symbols so keep these static */ -static int card; +static unsigned int card_count; static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) @@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct u8 pciirq; struct isi_board *board = NULL; - if (card >= BOARD_COUNT) + if (card_count >= BOARD_COUNT) goto err; ioaddr = pci_resource_start(pdev, 3); @@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct board->index = index; board->base = ioaddr; board->irq = pciirq; - card++; + card_count++; pci_set_drvdata(pdev, board); @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct "will be disabled.\n", board->base, board->base + 15, index + 1); retval = -EBUSY; - goto err; + goto errdec; } retval = request_irq(board->irq, isicom_interrupt, @@ -1814,8 +1814,10 @@ errunri: free_irq(board->irq, board); errunrr: pci_release_region(pdev, 3); -err: +errdec: board->base = 0; + card_count--; +err: return retval; } @@ -1829,6 +1831,8 @@ static void __devexit isicom_remove(stru free_irq(board->irq, board); pci_release_region(pdev, 3); + board->base = 0; + card_count--; } static int __init isicom_init(void) @@ -1836,8 +1840,6 @@ static int __init isicom_init(void) int retval, idx, channel; struct isi_port *port; - card = 0; - for(idx = 0; idx < BOARD_COUNT; idx++) { port = &isi_ports[idx * 16]; isi_card[idx].ports = port; _