linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sh: dma-sysfs: add missing put_device() in dma_create_sysfs

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Message-ID: <8552e5b2-16ea-42d9-978e-5d26ad0b1f15@web.de>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:56:07 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
 Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
 Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: dma-sysfs: add missing put_device() in
 dma_create_sysfs_files()

> If device_register() fails, call put_device() to drop the device
> reference. Also, call device_unregister() if device_create_file()
> fails.

See also once more:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc1#n659


You propose to complete the exception handling for two cases.
Is there a need to indicate such a detail in the summary phrase accordingly?

Regards,
Markus