linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] dmi-id: don't free dev structure after calling device

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:42:22 +0800
From:	Allen Hung <allen_hung@...l.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>,
	Allen Hung <allen_hung@...l.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] dmi-id: don't free dev structure after calling device_register

dmi_dev is freed in error exit code but, according to the document
of device_register, it should never directly free device structure
after calling this function, even if it returned an error! Use
put_device() instead.

Signed-off-by: Allen Hung <allen_hung@...l.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
index 94a58a0..44c0139 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ static int __init dmi_id_init(void)
 
 	ret = device_register(dmi_dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail_free_dmi_dev;
+		goto fail_put_dmi_dev;
 
 	return 0;
 
-fail_free_dmi_dev:
-	kfree(dmi_dev);
-fail_class_unregister:
+fail_put_dmi_dev:
+	put_device(dmi_dev);
 
+fail_class_unregister:
 	class_unregister(&dmi_class);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
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