From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
To avoid leaking memory on errors from device_register(), do a
put_device() on the device object in question in the error code
path of container_device_attach().
Fixes: caa73ea158de (ACPI / hotplug / driver core: Handle containers in a special way)
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
3.14 material.
Thanks!
---
drivers/acpi/container.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/container.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/container.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/container.c
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ static int container_device_attach(struc
ACPI_COMPANION_SET(dev, adev);
dev->release = acpi_container_release;
ret = device_register(dev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ put_device(dev);
return ret;
-
+ }
adev->driver_data = dev;
return 1;
}
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