linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] parisc: kernel: replace kfree() with put_device() in create_tree

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Message-ID: <d31d2814-4c3e-48e9-b0cc-e8a11d55d4f9@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:31:51 +0100
From: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>,
 James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, willy@...radead.org
Cc: linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: kernel: replace kfree() with put_device() in
 create_tree_node()

On 12/19/25 14:19, Haoxiang Li wrote:
> If device_register() fails, put_device() is the correct way to
> drop the device reference.
> 
> Found by code review.
> 
> Fixes: 1070c9655b90 ("[PA-RISC] Fix must_check warnings in drivers.c")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>   arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

applied to parisc git tree.

Thanks!
Helge