linux-kernel - Re: [v3] ssb: use put_device() if device

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Message-Id: <20180313164856.C170F600C1@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:48:56 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     m@...s.ch, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v3] ssb: use put_device() if device_register fail

Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com> wrote:

> Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even
> if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the
> reference initialized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

a24853aab591 ssb: use put_device() if device_register fail

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10266711/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches