linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pwm: sysfs: use put

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 01:19:40 +0200
From:   Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pwm: sysfs: use put_device() instead of kfree()

On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 03:27:37PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> 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/pwm/sysfs.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

Thierry

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