FAILED: patch "[PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix memleak on registration" failed to apply to 5.16-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.16-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7c4f5cd18cb169a4ce8610b1696ec152d62b4820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:50:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix memleak on registration
 failure

In case device registration fails during module initialisation, the
platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put()
to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name).

Fixes: 938835aa903a ("platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: do not create a static struct device")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org      # 5.9
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211222105023.6205-1-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pltdrv.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pltdrv.c
index 73797680b895..15ca8afdd973 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pltdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pltdrv.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int __init pmc_core_platform_init(void)
 
 	retval = platform_device_register(pmc_core_device);
 	if (retval)
-		kfree(pmc_core_device);
+		platform_device_put(pmc_core_device);
 
 	return retval;
 }