The device pointer in struct watchdog_device has a different lifetime
than the driver code and should not be used in drivers. Use the pointer
to the parent device instead.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <li...@roeck-us.net>
---
v2: Print messages using parent device

 drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c
index 035c2387b846..ba066e4a707b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static void gpio_wdt_hwping(unsigned long data)
 
        if (priv->armed && time_after(jiffies, priv->last_jiffies +
                                      msecs_to_jiffies(wdd->timeout * 1000))) {
-               dev_crit(wdd->dev, "Timer expired. System will reboot soon!\n");
+               dev_crit(wdd->parent,
+                        "Timer expired. System will reboot soon!\n");
                return;
        }
 
-- 
2.1.4

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