[PATCH] nvmem: properly manage added device at error path

From: Nikita Yushchenko
Date: Fri Sep 30 2016 - 12:01:02 EST


It is not allowed to free memory used by struct device that was passed
to device_add(), even if that routine returns error.

Fix error path to use device_del() / put_device() instead.

Signed-off-by: Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvmem/core.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 965911d9b36a..cd74b80abd03 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -488,21 +488,23 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)

rval = device_add(&nvmem->dev);
if (rval)
- goto out;
+ goto err_add;

if (config->compat) {
rval = nvmem_setup_compat(nvmem, config);
if (rval)
- goto out;
+ goto err_compat;
}

if (config->cells)
nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config);

return nvmem;
-out:
- ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
- kfree(nvmem);
+
+err_compat:
+ device_del(&nvmem->dev);
+err_add:
+ put_device(&nvmem->dev);
return ERR_PTR(rval);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_register);
--
2.1.4