linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] block: put_device() if device

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Message-ID: <85a18bcf-4bd0-a529-6c3c-46fcd23a350e@acm.org>
Date:   Sun, 19 Apr 2020 16:40:45 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com, jack@...e.cz,
        ming.lei@...hat.com, nstange@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     mhocko@...e.com, yukuai3@...wei.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] block: put_device() if device_add() fails

On 4/19/20 12:45 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Through code inspection I've found that we don't put_device() if
> device_add() fails, and this must be done to decrement its refcount.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>