Re: [PATCH] PCI: fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge()

[Markus Elfring]

> Once device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to
> decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.
>
> device_register() includes device_add(). As comment of device_add()
…

I doubt that the information from the second description paragraph is helpful
for this issue.


> Found by code review.

Would you become interested to check how many similar control flows
can still be detected by the means of automated advanced source code analyses?

Regards,
Markus