Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Robert Richter <> | Subject | [PATCH v3 3/4] EDAC/sysfs: Remove csrow objects on errors | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:03:39 +0100 |
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All created csrow objects must be removed in the error path of edac_create_csrow_objects(). The objects have been added as devices. They need to be removed by doing a device_del() *and* put_device() call to also free their memory. The misssing put_device() leaves a memory leak. Use device_unregister() instead of device_del() which properly unregisters the device doing both.
Fixes: 7adc05d2dc3a ("EDAC/sysfs: Drop device references properly") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@marvell.com> --- drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c index 1c9c6a7b9f66..c70ec0a306d8 100644 --- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c @@ -444,8 +444,7 @@ static int edac_create_csrow_objects(struct mem_ctl_info *mci) csrow = mci->csrows[i]; if (!nr_pages_per_csrow(csrow)) continue; - - device_del(&mci->csrows[i]->dev); + device_unregister(&mci->csrows[i]->dev); } return err; -- 2.20.1
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