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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] isa: put_device after failing to device_register
On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:15:58PM +0800, Zhi Song wrote:
> device_register() is used to register a device with the system.
> We need to call put_device() to give up the reference initialized
> in device_register() when it returns an error and this will clean
> up correctly.
>
> Fixes: a5117ba7da37 ("Driver model: add ISA bus")
> Signed-off-by: Zhi Song <zhi.song@bytedance.com>

Acked-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org>

> ---
> V1 -> V2: Fix up the changelog text correct.
> V2 -> V3: Add a fixes tag line specifying the commit where this bug was
> introduced.
> ---
> drivers/base/isa.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/isa.c b/drivers/base/isa.c
> index 55e3ee2da98f..cf88f3d77b7d 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/isa.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/isa.c
> @@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ static int __init isa_bus_init(void)
> error = bus_register(&isa_bus_type);
> if (!error) {
> error = device_register(&isa_bus);
> - if (error)
> + if (error) {
> + put_device(&isa_bus);
> bus_unregister(&isa_bus_type);
> + }
> }
> return error;
> }
> --
> 2.30.2
>
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