From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-it0-f65.google.com ([209.85.214.65]:52423 "EHLO mail-it0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966278AbeCHFKj (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2018 00:10:39 -0500 From: Arvind Yadav To: m@bues.ch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2] ssb: use put_device() if device_register fail Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:39:49 +0530 Message-Id: <1520485789-8550-1-git-send-email-arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com> (sfid-20180308_061059_493086_2EB2A19D) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav --- changes in v2: Removed kfree() call for @dev. drivers/ssb/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ssb/main.c b/drivers/ssb/main.c index 65420a9..a7a062b 100644 --- a/drivers/ssb/main.c +++ b/drivers/ssb/main.c @@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ static int ssb_devices_register(struct ssb_bus *bus) ssb_err("Could not register %s\n", dev_name(dev)); /* Set dev to NULL to not unregister * dev on error unwinding. */ + put_device(dev); sdev->dev = NULL; - kfree(devwrap); goto error; } dev_idx++; -- 1.9.1