linux-kernel - [PATCH] media: video: pvrusb2: fix memory leak

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Date:	Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:41:49 +0300
From:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Mike Isely <isely@...ox.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] media: video: pvrusb2: fix memory leak

Use put_device() instead of kfree() because of device name leak.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
---
 Compile tested only.

 drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
index 3d7e5aa..281806b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 	if (ret) {
 		pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_ERROR_LEGS,
 			   "device_register failed");
-		kfree(class_dev);
+		put_device(class_dev);
 		return;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.0.4

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