netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: hns: use put_device() if device

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Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:57:48 +0530
From:   arvindY <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, salil.mehta@...wei.com,
        linyunsheng@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: hns: use put_device() if device_register fail



On Monday 12 March 2018 08:13 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
> Date: Fri,  9 Mar 2018 16:11:17 +0530
>
>> 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>
> I do not see anything giving cls_dev an initial non-zero reference
> count before this device_register() call.
Yes,  you are correct there is nothing to release (hnae_release).
>
> And I have no idea why you use a "!" when saying 'error' you this
> commit log message.
>
Sorry for that. next time I will take care.

~arvind