> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > On Behalf > Of Arvind Yadav > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 11:48 PM > To: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>; Haiyang Zhang > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [PATCH] vmbus: use put_device() if device_register fail > > if device_register() returned an error. Always use put_device() > to give up the reference initialized. > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c > index bc65c4d..25da2f3 100644 > --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c > +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c > @@ -1358,6 +1358,7 @@ int vmbus_device_register(struct hv_device > *child_device_obj) > ret = device_register(&child_device_obj->device); > if (ret) { > pr_err("Unable to register child device\n"); > + put_device(&child_device_obj->device); > return ret; > } > > -- > 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
