linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/4] driver core: use put

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Date:   Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:25:47 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] driver core: 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.

Arvind Yadav (4):
  [PATCH 1/4] base: soc: use put_device() instead of kfree()
  [PATCH 2/4] driver core: platform: use put_device() if device_register fail
  [PATCH 3/4] driver core: node: use put_device() if device_register fail
  [PATCH 4/4] driver core: cpu: use put_device() if device_register fail

 drivers/base/cpu.c      | 4 +++-
 drivers/base/node.c     | 4 +++-
 drivers/base/platform.c | 4 +++-
 drivers/base/soc.c      | 2 ++
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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