linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ibmpex: Release IPMI user if hwmon registration fails

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Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:45:56 -0400
From:	"Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@...htlink.com>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	haveblue@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmpex: Release IPMI user if hwmon registration fails

Hi:

* Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com> [2007-10-09 15:08:24 -0700]:
> Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl> found a minor defect in the init code if
> hwmon device registration fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c |    3 +--
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
> index fe2c261..c462824 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
> @@ -498,8 +498,7 @@ static void ibmpex_register_bmc(int iface, struct device *dev)
>  		printk(KERN_ERR DRVNAME ": Error, unable to register hwmon "
>  		       "class device for interface %d\n",
>  		       data->interface);
> -		kfree(data);
> -		return;
> +		goto out_user;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* finally add the new bmc data to the bmc data list */

Applied to hwmon-2.6.git/testing, thanks.

-- 
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman@...htlink.com

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