From edea8f6f48416d9a6fd1babb76c19cf05c802325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nishanth Aravamudan Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:05:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/vio: Use put_device() on device_register failure The kernel doc for device_register (and device_initialize) very clearly state to call put_device not kfree after calling, even on error. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Acked-by: Grant Likely Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt --- arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c index fa3469d..72db4b0 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c @@ -1254,8 +1254,7 @@ struct vio_dev *vio_register_device_node(struct device_node *of_node) if (device_register(&viodev->dev)) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to register device %s\n", __func__, dev_name(&viodev->dev)); - /* XXX free TCE table */ - kfree(viodev); + put_device(&viodev->dev); return NULL; } -- 2.7.4