linux-kernel - [PATCH] [v2] watchdog: Use put

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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:12:30 +0800
From:   Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>
To:     dinghao.liu@....edu.cn, kjlu@....edu
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Krzysztof Sobota <krzysztof.sobota@...ia.com>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [v2] watchdog: Use put_device on error

We should use put_device() instead of freeing device
directly after device_initialize().

Fixes: cb36e29bb0e4b ("watchdog: initialize device before misc_register")
Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>
---

Changelog:

v2: - Use put_device() instead of just removing kfree.
      Move the memleak part to a separate patch.
---
 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 6798addabd5a..b0fa7f31b1b6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 				pr_err("%s: a legacy watchdog module is probably present.\n",
 					wdd->info->identity);
 			old_wd_data = NULL;
-			kfree(wd_data);
+			put_device(&wd_data->dev);
 			return err;
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.17.1