In case device registration fails during module initialisation, the
platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put()
to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name).
Fixes:
938835aa903a ("platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: do not create a static struct device")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.9
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211222105023.6205-1-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
retval = platform_device_register(pmc_core_device);
if (retval)
- kfree(pmc_core_device);
+ platform_device_put(pmc_core_device);
return retval;
}