* [PATCH v3] ssb: use put_device() if device_register fail
@ 2018-03-08 6:23 Arvind Yadav
2018-03-13 16:48 ` [v3] " Kalle Valo
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From: Arvind Yadav @ 2018-03-08 6:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: m; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-wireless
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 <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
---
changes in v2:
Removed kfree() call for @dev.
changes in v3:
Add put_device() in place of kfree().
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..e732fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/ssb/main.c
+++ b/drivers/ssb/main.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static int ssb_devices_register(struct ssb_bus *bus)
/* Set dev to NULL to not unregister
* dev on error unwinding. */
sdev->dev = NULL;
- kfree(devwrap);
+ put_device(dev);
goto error;
}
dev_idx++;
--
1.9.1
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