linux-kernel - [PATCH] RAW driver: Remove call to kobject

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2011 05:19:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: [PATCH] RAW driver: Remove call to kobject_put().


If cdev_add() fails, there is no justification for subsequently
calling kobject_put().

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>

---

  argh, earlier submission had equal signs rather than hyphens for
marker line.  my mistake, so this is just a resubmit.  sorry.

diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index b4b9d5a..e2b4829 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
 	cdev_init(&raw_cdev, &raw_fops);
 	ret = cdev_add(&raw_cdev, dev, MAX_RAW_MINORS);
 	if (ret) {
-		kobject_put(&raw_cdev.kobj);
 		goto error_region;
 	}


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