From: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@free.fr>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:38:08 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Driver core: plug device probe memory leak
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Driver core: plug device probe memory leak

Make sure data is freed if the kthread fails to start.

Signed-off-by: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index b5f43c3e44fa..ef7db6939cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
 		probe_task = kthread_run(really_probe, data,
 					 "probe-%s", dev->bus_id);
 		if (IS_ERR(probe_task))
-			ret = PTR_ERR(probe_task);
+			ret = really_probe(data);
 	} else
 		ret = really_probe(data);