Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:35:04 +0000 | From | Martyn Welch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vme: add missing put_device() after device_register() fails |
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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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