linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] ARM: use put

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:17:16 -0300
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de, kay.sievers@...y.org,
	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: use put_device instead of kfree

If it's not possible to allocate resources for the device, it's better
to call put_device, which will release the device name, instead of
oops'ing with a dev_set_name(&dev, NULL).

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
---
 arch/arm/common/sa1111.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c b/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
index ef12794..8e17608 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
@@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ sa1111_init_one_child(struct sa1111 *sachip, struct resource *parent,
 	if (ret) {
 		printk("SA1111: failed to allocate resource for %s\n",
 			dev->res.name);
-		dev_set_name(&dev->dev, NULL);
-		kfree(dev);
+		put_device(&dev->dev);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-- 
1.6.2.3

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