Re: [PATCH] tpm: fix memleak when register hardware fails

[Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 16/05/12 05:24, Wanlong Gao wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Wanlong Gao<gaowanlong@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>   drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c |    9 ++++-----
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
> index ad7c732..c967919 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
> @@ -1405,15 +1405,12 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
>   			"unable to misc_register %s, minor %d\n",
>   			chip->vendor.miscdev.name,
>   			chip->vendor.miscdev.minor);
> -		put_device(chip->dev);
> -		return NULL;
> +		goto put_device;
>   	}
>
>   	if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group)) {
>   		misc_deregister(&chip->vendor.miscdev);
> -		put_device(chip->dev);
> -
> -		return NULL;
> +		goto put_device;
>   	}
>
>   	chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(devname);
> @@ -1425,6 +1422,8 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
>
>   	return chip;
>
> +put_device:
> +	put_device(chip->dev);
>   out_free:
>   	kfree(chip);
>   	kfree(devname);
Thanks Wanlong, will merge and send James through a git-pull today.