[PATCH] node: put_device after failing to device_register

From: Zhi Song
Date: Tue Jun 14 2022 - 12:01:14 EST


device_register() is used to register a device with the system.
We need to call put_device() to give up the reference initialized
in device_register() when it returns an error and this will clean
up correctly.

Signed-off-by: Zhi Song <zhi.song@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/node.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 0ac6376ef7a1..88a3337c546e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static struct node_access_nodes *node_init_node_access(struct node *node,
list_add_tail(&access_node->list_node, &node->access_list);
return access_node;
free_name:
+ put_device(dev);
kfree_const(dev->kobj.name);
free:
kfree(access_node);
--
2.30.2