linux-kernel - [PATCH 36/44] RAW driver: Remove call to kobject

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 17:10:54 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 36/44] RAW driver: Remove call to kobject_put().

From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>

If cdev_add() fails, there is no justification for subsequently
calling kobject_put().

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/char/raw.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 6f9db62..b33e8ea 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
 	cdev_init(&raw_cdev, &raw_fops);
 	ret = cdev_add(&raw_cdev, dev, max_raw_minors);
 	if (ret) {
-		kobject_put(&raw_cdev.kobj);
 		goto error_region;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.4.2

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