linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] misc: use put_device() instead of kfree()

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Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:06:51 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     sudeep.dutt@...el.com, ashutosh.dixit@...el.com, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, fbarrat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] misc: use put_device() instead of kfree()

Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even
if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the
reference initialized.

Arvind Yadav (2):
  [PATCH 1/2] misc: mic: Release reference count and memory for VOP device
  [PATCH 2/2] misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister()

 drivers/misc/mic/bus/vop_bus.c | 6 ++++--
 drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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