Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] staging: vc04_services: Stop leaking platform device on error path

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Umang,

Am 22.12.22 um 20:14 schrieb Umang Jain:
> vchiq driver registers the child platform devices in
> vchiq_register_child(). However, in the registration error code path,
> currently the driver is leaking platform devices by not destroying the
> return platform device. Plug this leak using platform_device_put() as
> mentioned in the documentation for platform_device_register().
>
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> index dc33490ba7fb..fc7ea7ba97b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> @@ -1779,6 +1779,7 @@ vchiq_register_child(struct platform_device *pdev, const char *name)
>   	child = platform_device_register_full(&pdevinfo);
>   	if (IS_ERR(child)) {
>   		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "%s not registered\n", name);
> +		platform_device_put(child);
why should we free an error?
>   		child = NULL;
>   	}
>