If device_register() fails, put_device() is the correct way to drop the device reference.
Found by code review.
Fixes: 1070c9655b90 ("[PA-RISC] Fix must_check warnings in drivers.c") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn --- arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c index 8d23fe42b0ce..809e3c171ad5 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static struct parisc_device * __init create_tree_node(char id, dev->dev.dma_mask = &dev->dma_mask; dev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = dev->dma_mask; if (device_register(&dev->dev)) { - kfree(dev); + put_device(&dev->dev); return NULL; }