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() 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@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 37d6a0a6f470 ("PCI: Add pci_register_host_bridge() interface") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke make24@iscas.ac.cn --- Changes in v2: - modified the patch description. --- drivers/pci/probe.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c index 246744d8d268..7b1d7ce3a83e 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c @@ -1018,8 +1018,10 @@ static int pci_register_host_bridge(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge) name = dev_name(&bus->dev);
err = device_register(&bus->dev); - if (err) + if (err) { + put_device(&bus->dev); goto unregister; + }
pcibios_add_bus(bus);