Re: [PATCH 2/2] serial: mxs-auart: put the device inmxs_auart_probe()

[Shawn Guo]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 10:38:41PM -0400, Huang Shijie wrote:
> We call the get_device() in the mxs_auart_probe().
> For the balance of the reference count, we should put the
> device in the mxs_auart_remove().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
> index ea5f888..6898413 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
> @@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ static int __devexit mxs_auart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	auart_port[pdev->id] = NULL;
>  
> +	put_device(s->dev);
>  	clk_put(s->clk);
>  	free_irq(s->irq, s);
>  	kfree(s);

So the error path of probe needs function fixing too, right?

-- 
Regards,
Shawn
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