Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ssb:: use put_device() if device_register fail | From | arvindY <> | Date | Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:46:14 +0530 |
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On Wednesday 07 March 2018 10:17 PM, Michael Büsch wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 15:31:30 +0530 > Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com> wrote: > >> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device() >> to give up the reference initialized. >> >> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com> >> --- >> drivers/ssb/main.c | 1 + >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/ssb/main.c b/drivers/ssb/main.c >> index 65420a9..c4449e0 100644 >> --- a/drivers/ssb/main.c >> +++ b/drivers/ssb/main.c >> @@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static int ssb_devices_register(struct ssb_bus *bus) >> ssb_err("Could not register %s\n", dev_name(dev)); >> /* Set dev to NULL to not unregister >> * dev on error unwinding. */ >> + put_device(dev); >> sdev->dev = NULL; >> kfree(devwrap); >> goto error; > > I don't think this is correct. > The dev structure is allocated as part of devwrap, which is freed here. > > Why do you think we need put_device here? > Yes this patch is not correct, We must not use kfree() after you called device_register() (even if it was not successful!) -- see the comment for device_register(). I will delete kfree() and send updated patch.
~arvind
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