linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] softingcs: Fix memleak on registration failure in softingcs

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Date:   Sat, 8 Jan 2022 22:47:48 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Cc:     Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Kurt Van Dijck <dev.kurt@...dijck-laurijssen.be>,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] softingcs: Fix memleak on registration failure in
 softingcs_probe

On 08.01.2022 09:25:51, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> In case device registration fails during module initialisation, the
> platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put()
> to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name).
> 
> Fixes: 0a0b7a5f7a04 ("can: add driver for Softing card")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>

Thanks for your patch, a similar one has already been posted: 

| https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211222104843.6105-1-johan@kernel.org/

regards,
Marc

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