Re: [PATCH 0/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Sun Mar 11 2018 - 15:33:48 EST


Am Freitag, 9. März 2018, 11:50:47 CET schrieb Arvind Yadav:
> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
> to give up the reference initialized.
>
> Arvind Yadav (2):
> [PATCH 1/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail
> [PATCH 2/2] mtd: ubi: use put_device() if device_register fail

Uhh, this is not obvious. Does device_register() really always return with a
reference held in all (error) cases?

Thanks,
//richard