linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] sh: maple: use put

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Date:   Wed,  7 Mar 2018 16:33:13 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, dalias@...c.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sh: maple: use put_device() instead of kfree()

Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even
if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the
reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
---
 drivers/sh/maple/maple.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/sh/maple/maple.c b/drivers/sh/maple/maple.c
index 7525039..28674fe 100644
--- a/drivers/sh/maple/maple.c
+++ b/drivers/sh/maple/maple.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static void maple_attach_driver(struct maple_device *mdev)
 		dev_warn(&mdev->dev, "could not register device at"
 			" (%d, %d), with error 0x%X\n", mdev->unit,
 			mdev->port, error);
-		maple_free_dev(mdev);
+		put_device(&mdev->dev);
 		mdev = NULL;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static int __init maple_bus_init(void)
 
 cleanup:
 	printk(KERN_ERR "Maple bus registration failed\n");
+	put_device(&maple_bus);
 	return retval;
 }
 /* Push init to later to ensure hardware gets detected */
-- 
1.9.1