Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vc04_services: vchiq_bus: Do not kfree device

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 04:17:14PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> As per device_register() documentation, this kfree() on error path will
> crash. The call to put_device() is all that is needed here to free the
> memory.
> 
> Fixes: 027e5703de6b ("staging: vc04_services: vchiq_arm: Add new bus type and device type")
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c
> index 4ac3491efe45..0076d091b9b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c
> @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ vchiq_device_register(struct device *parent, const char *name)
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(parent, "Cannot register %s: %d\n", name, ret);
>  		put_device(&device->dev);
> -		kfree(device);
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 
> 

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