[PATCH] sparc: fix error handling in scan_one_device()

From: Ma Ke
Date: Wed Mar 26 2025 - 22:30:41 EST


Once of_device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to
decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.
So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in
kobject_cleanup().

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: cf44bbc26cf1 ("[SPARC]: Beginnings of generic of_device framework.")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c
index f98c2901f335..4272746d7166 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static struct platform_device * __init scan_one_device(struct device_node *dp,

if (of_device_register(op)) {
printk("%pOF: Could not register of device.\n", dp);
- kfree(op);
+ put_device(&op->dev);
op = NULL;
}

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2.25.1