linux-kernel - [PATCH] ibmpex: Release IPMI user if hwmon registration fails

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Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:08:24 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
Cc:	"Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@...htlink.com>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	haveblue@...ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH] ibmpex: Release IPMI user if hwmon registration fails

Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl> found a minor defect in the init code if
hwmon device registration fails.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>
---

 drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
index fe2c261..c462824 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
@@ -498,8 +498,7 @@ static void ibmpex_register_bmc(int iface, struct device *dev)
 		printk(KERN_ERR DRVNAME ": Error, unable to register hwmon "
 		       "class device for interface %d\n",
 		       data->interface);
-		kfree(data);
-		return;
+		goto out_user;
 	}
 
 	/* finally add the new bmc data to the bmc data list */
-
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