[PATCH] net-sysfs: fix error handling in netdev_register_kobject()

[Ma Ke]

Once device_add() failed, we should call put_device() to decrement
reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.

As comment of device_add() says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should
call device_del() when you want to get rid of it. If device_add() has
not succeeded, use only put_device() to drop the reference count'.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8ed633b9baf9 ("Revert "net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register_kobject"")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/core/net-sysfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 07cb99b114bd..f443eacc9237 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -2169,6 +2169,7 @@ int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	error = device_add(dev);
 	if (error)
+		put_device(dev);
 		return error;
 
 	error = register_queue_kobjects(ndev);
-- 
2.25.1