@@ -223,10 +223,8 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info)
int ret;
dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct locomo_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!dev) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (!dev)
+ return -ENOMEM;
/*
* If the parent device has a DMA mask associated with it,
@@ -254,10 +252,9 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info)
NO_IRQ : lchip->irq_base + info->irq[0];
ret = device_register(&dev->dev);
- if (ret) {
- out:
- kfree(dev);
- }
+ if (ret)
+ put_device(&dev->dev);
+
return ret;
}
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: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn> --- Changes in v4: - deleted the redundant initialization; Changes in v3: - modified the patch as suggestions; Changes in v2: - modified the patch as suggestions. --- arch/arm/common/locomo.c | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)