linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: ulpi: call put_device if device

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:57:38 +0300
From:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:	ChengYi He <chengyihetaipei@...il.com>
Cc:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: ulpi: call put_device if device_register fails

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 01:12:36AM +0800, ChengYi He wrote:
> put_device is required to release the last reference to the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: ChengYi He <chengyihetaipei@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c b/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
> index 0e6f968..bd25bdb 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
> @@ -184,8 +184,10 @@ static int ulpi_register(struct device *dev, struct ulpi *ulpi)
>  	request_module("ulpi:v%04xp%04x", ulpi->id.vendor, ulpi->id.product);
>  
>  	ret = device_register(&ulpi->dev);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret) {
> +		put_device(&ulpi->dev);

If device_register returns failure, put_device has already been
called. Check device_add in drivers/base/core.c.


Thanks,

-- 
heikki
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