linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] driver core: cpu: use put_device() if device

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Date:   Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:25:51 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] driver core: cpu: use put_device() if device_register fail

if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
to give up the reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
---
 drivers/base/cpu.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index d21a2d9..2da998b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ int register_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, int num)
 	if (cpu->hotpluggable)
 		cpu->dev.groups = hotplugable_cpu_attr_groups;
 	error = device_register(&cpu->dev);
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
+		put_device(&cpu->dev);
 		return error;
+	}
 
 	per_cpu(cpu_sys_devices, num) = &cpu->dev;
 	register_cpu_under_node(num, cpu_to_node(num));
-- 
2.7.4