[PATCH] IA64: tiocx: use put_device() instead of kfree()

From: Arvind Yadav
Date: Wed Apr 25 2018 - 10:45:00 EST


Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even
if it returned an error. Always use put_device() to give up the
reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c
index 32d0380..fd515bc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ cx_device_register(nasid_t nasid, int part_num, int mfg_num,
dev_set_name(&cx_dev->dev, "%d", cx_dev->cx_id.nasid);
r = device_register(&cx_dev->dev);
if (r) {
- kfree(cx_dev);
+ put_device(&cx_dev->dev);
return r;
}
get_device(&cx_dev->dev);
--
2.7.4