linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: fieldbus: Fix the error handling path in anybuss_host_common

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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:48:18 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH] staging: fieldbus: Fix the error handling path in anybuss_host_common_probe()

If device_register() fails, device_unregister() should not be called
because it will free some resources that are not allocated.
put_device() should be used instead.

Fixes: 308ee87a2f1e ("staging: fieldbus: anybus-s: support HMS Anybus-S bus")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c
index a344410e48fe..cd86b9c9e345 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ anybuss_host_common_probe(struct device *dev,
 		goto err_device;
 	return cd;
 err_device:
-	device_unregister(&cd->client->dev);
+	put_device(&cd->client->dev);
 err_kthread:
 	kthread_stop(cd->qthread);
 err_reset:
-- 
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