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* [PATCH] vme: add missing put_device() after device_register() fails
@ 2013-02-13 18:47 Emilio G. Cota
  2013-02-25 15:35 ` Martyn Welch
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Emilio G. Cota @ 2013-02-13 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
  Cc: Martyn Welch, Manohar Vanga, Emilio G. Cota, devel, linux-kernel

From: "Emilio G. Cota" <cota@braap.org>

put_device() must be called after device_register() fails,
since device_register() always initializes the refcount
on the device structure.

Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
---
 drivers/vme/vme.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vme/vme.c b/drivers/vme/vme.c
index 95a9f71..5e6c7d7 100644
--- a/drivers/vme/vme.c
+++ b/drivers/vme/vme.c
@@ -1366,26 +1366,27 @@ static int __vme_register_driver_bus(struct vme_driver *drv,
 		err = device_register(&vdev->dev);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_reg;
 
 		if (vdev->dev.platform_data) {
 			list_add_tail(&vdev->drv_list, &drv->devices);
 			list_add_tail(&vdev->bridge_list, &bridge->devices);
 		} else
 			device_unregister(&vdev->dev);
 	}
 	return 0;
 
 err_reg:
+	put_device(&vdev->dev);
 	kfree(vdev);
 err_devalloc:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(vdev, tmp, &drv->devices, drv_list) {
 		list_del(&vdev->drv_list);
 		list_del(&vdev->bridge_list);
 		device_unregister(&vdev->dev);
 	}
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int __vme_register_driver(struct vme_driver *drv, unsigned int ndevs)
 {
 	struct vme_bridge *bridge;
-- 
1.7.9.5


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* Re: [PATCH] vme: add missing put_device() after device_register() fails
  2013-02-13 18:47 [PATCH] vme: add missing put_device() after device_register() fails Emilio G. Cota
@ 2013-02-25 15:35 ` Martyn Welch
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Martyn Welch @ 2013-02-25 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emilio G. Cota; +Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Manohar Vanga, devel, linux-kernel

On 13/02/13 18:47, Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> From: "Emilio G. Cota" <cota@braap.org>
> 
> put_device() must be called after device_register() fails,
> since device_register() always initializes the refcount
> on the device structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
> ---
>  drivers/vme/vme.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vme/vme.c b/drivers/vme/vme.c
> index 95a9f71..5e6c7d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/vme/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/vme/vme.c
> @@ -1366,26 +1366,27 @@ static int __vme_register_driver_bus(struct vme_driver *drv,
>  		err = device_register(&vdev->dev);
>  		if (err)
>  			goto err_reg;
>  
>  		if (vdev->dev.platform_data) {
>  			list_add_tail(&vdev->drv_list, &drv->devices);
>  			list_add_tail(&vdev->bridge_list, &bridge->devices);
>  		} else
>  			device_unregister(&vdev->dev);
>  	}
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err_reg:
> +	put_device(&vdev->dev);
>  	kfree(vdev);
>  err_devalloc:
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(vdev, tmp, &drv->devices, drv_list) {
>  		list_del(&vdev->drv_list);
>  		list_del(&vdev->bridge_list);
>  		device_unregister(&vdev->dev);
>  	}
>  	return err;
>  }

Acked-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>

(Sorry it took me so long to respond)

>  
>  static int __vme_register_driver(struct vme_driver *drv, unsigned int ndevs)
>  {
>  	struct vme_bridge *bridge;
> 


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