linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/14] memstick: core: fix device

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Date:	Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:54:49 +0400
From:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>
To:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] memstick: core: fix device_register() error handling

If device_register() fails then call put_device().
See comment to device_register.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>
---
 compile tested.

 drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c b/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c
index c00fe82..4303b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ static void memstick_check(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (!host->card) {
 			host->card = card;
 			if (device_register(&card->dev)) {
+				put_device(&card->dev);
 				kfree(host->card);
 				host->card = NULL;
 			}
-- 
1.7.0.4

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