linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq: Avoid double kobject_put() for the same kobject in error code path

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Date:	Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:31:05 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: Avoid double kobject_put() for the same kobject in error code path

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

The only case triggering a jump to the err_out_unregister label in
__cpufreq_add_dev() is when cpufreq_add_dev_interface() fails.
However, if cpufreq_add_dev_interface() fails, it calls kobject_put()
for the policy kobject in its error code path and since that causes
the kobject's refcount to become 0, the additional kobject_put() for
the same kobject under err_out_unregister and the
wait_for_completion() following it are pointless, so drop them.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1109,9 +1109,6 @@ err_out_unregister:
 	}
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-	kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
-	wait_for_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
-
 err_set_policy_cpu:
 	per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, cpu) = -1;
 	cpufreq_policy_free(policy);

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