From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79019C433F4 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A3612083A for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:40:31 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 2A3612083A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388601AbeIXSm0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:42:26 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:58978 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1733259AbeIXSmZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:42:25 -0400 Received: from localhost (ip-213-127-77-73.ip.prioritytelecom.net [213.127.77.73]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CA4F3109A; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:40:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Arvind Yadav , Chanwoo Choi , MyungJoo Ham , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 4.18 158/235] PM / devfreq: use put_device() instead of kfree() Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:52:24 +0200 Message-Id: <20180924113121.029746065@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.0 In-Reply-To: <20180924113103.999624566@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180924113103.999624566@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Arvind Yadav [ Upstream commit 2d803dc8f7a5f622ac47c3b650834ada3a2659b9 ] Never directly free @dev after calling device_register() or device_unregister(), even if device_register() returned an error. Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c @@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struc err = device_register(&devfreq->dev); if (err) { mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock); - goto err_dev; + put_device(&devfreq->dev); + goto err_out; } devfreq->trans_table = @@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ err_init: mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); device_unregister(&devfreq->dev); + devfreq = NULL; err_dev: if (devfreq) kfree(devfreq);