From 04df008afe0c569fd09400a35b7d3db29067114c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Levente Kurusa Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:39:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] EISA: Call put_device() if device_register() fails We need to give up the last reference to edev->dev, so we need to call put_device(). Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas --- drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c b/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c index 272a3ec35957..8842cde69177 100644 --- a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c +++ b/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c @@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ static int __init eisa_init_device(struct eisa_root_device *root, static int __init eisa_register_device(struct eisa_device *edev) { int rc = device_register(&edev->dev); - if (rc) + if (rc) { + put_device(&edev->dev); return rc; + } rc = device_create_file(&edev->dev, &dev_attr_signature); if (rc) -- 2.20.1