linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] HSI: hsi: Fix error path cleanup on client registration

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Message-Id: <1334837127-12931-3-git-send-email-carlos.chinea@nokia.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:05:23 +0300
From:	Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@...ia.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com, shubhrajyoti@...com
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] HSI: hsi: Fix error path cleanup on client registration

HSI client structure should be freed on error path after
calling device_registration by dropping a reference to it.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@...ia.com>
---
 drivers/hsi/hsi.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hsi/hsi.c b/drivers/hsi/hsi.c
index c17d12c..5c76a36 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/hsi.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/hsi.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void hsi_new_client(struct hsi_port *port, struct hsi_board_info *info)
 		cl->device.archdata = *info->archdata;
 	if (device_register(&cl->device) < 0) {
 		pr_err("hsi: failed to register client: %s\n", info->name);
-		kfree(cl);
+		put_device(&cl->device);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.7.5.4

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