[PATCH] mei: Fix error handling in mei_register

[Ma Ke]

mei_register() fails to release the device reference in error paths
after device_initialize(). During normal device registration, the
reference is properly handled through mei_deregister() which calls
device_destroy(). However, in error handling paths (such as cdev_alloc
failure, cdev_add failure, etc.), missing put_device() calls cause
reference count leaks, preventing the device's release function
(mei_device_release) from being called and resulting in memory leaks
of mei_device.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 7704e6be4ed2 ("mei: hook mei_device on class device")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/main.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index 86a73684a373..6f26d5160788 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ int mei_register(struct mei_device *dev, struct device *parent)
 err_del_cdev:
 	cdev_del(dev->cdev);
 err:
+	put_device(&dev->dev);
 	mei_minor_free(minor);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.17.1