From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754324AbeCGLEI (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 06:04:08 -0500 Received: from mail-io0-f195.google.com ([209.85.223.195]:42015 "EHLO mail-io0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751149AbeCGLED (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 06:04:03 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELtxccL4uGacyKIC6r+WYzjz1ofbAF3EGCUhfr9kZO413Qy/+qZFExH/Zz7SrshVITtixhZ9GA== From: Arvind Yadav To: ysato@users.sourceforge.jp, dalias@libc.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/2] sh: use put_device() instead of kfree() Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 16:33:12 +0530 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. Arvind Yadav (2): [PATCH 1/2] sh: maple: use put_device() instead of kfree() [PATCH 2/2] sh: superhyway: use put_device() if device_register fail drivers/sh/maple/maple.c | 3 ++- drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- 1.9.1