Re: [PATCH 07/14] infiniband: utilize new device_add_cdev helper function

Lars-Peter Clausen
2017-02-22T08:18:04Z

On 02/22/2017 12:54 AM, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
[...]
>>
>> Ah, this needs more help. Once device_initialize is called put_device
>> should be the error-unwind, can you use something more like this?
>
> Is that true? Once device_register or device_add is called then you need
> to use put_device. [...]

device_initialize() documentation:

NOTE: Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing
@dev directly once you have called this function.

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