linux-kernel - [QUEUED v20160420 06/19] stm class: Do not leak the chrdev in error path

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:43:19 +0300
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@...aro.org>,
	laurent.fert@...el.com, yann.fouassier@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [QUEUED v20160420 06/19] stm class: Do not leak the chrdev in error path

Currently, the error path of stm_register_device() forgets to unregister
the chrdev. Fix this.

Reported-by: Alan Cox <alan.cox@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Fert <laurent.fert@...el.com>
---
 drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
index 18f176eac0..e55ed67142 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
@@ -688,6 +688,8 @@ int stm_register_device(struct device *parent, struct stm_data *stm_data,
 	return 0;
 
 err_device:
+	unregister_chrdev(stm->major, stm_data->name);
+
 	/* matches device_initialize() above */
 	put_device(&stm->dev);
 err_free:
-- 
2.8.0.rc3