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charset="UTF-8" As per device_register() function kernel documentation says "even when device_register return error always use put_device() instead of kfree()" Fix such instance in locomo driver by replacing direct kfree(dev) with put_device(&dev->dev) when device_register() returns an error. Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain --- arch/arm/common/locomo.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/common/locomo.c b/arch/arm/common/locomo.c index 55e360452828..0f6689d343b0 100644 --- a/arch/arm/common/locomo.c +++ b/arch/arm/common/locomo.c @@ -223,10 +223,8 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info) int ret; dev = kzalloc_obj(struct locomo_dev); - if (!dev) { - ret = -ENOMEM; - goto out; - } + if (!dev) + return -ENOMEM; /* * If the parent device has a DMA mask associated with it, @@ -255,10 +253,11 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info) ret = device_register(&dev->dev); if (ret) { - out: - kfree(dev); + put_device(&dev->dev); + return ret; } - return ret; + + return 0; } #ifdef CONFIG_PM -- 2.55.0.691.gc56d675ccc-goog