[PATCH] Staging:Android:ion - Fix for memory leak if ion device registration get failed.

[Shailendra Verma]

Fix to avoid possible memory leak if the ion device registration
get failed.Free the allocated device creation memory before return
in case the ion device registration get failed.

Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
index 584a226..b7255a9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@ struct ion_device *ion_device_create(long (*custom_ioctl)
 	ret = misc_register(&idev->dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("ion: failed to register misc device.\n");
+		kfree(idev);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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