We can't call kfree(dev) after calling device_register(dev). The "dev" pointer has to be freed using put_device(). Fixes: 42d279f9137a ("dmaengine: idxd: add char driver to expose submission portal to userland") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c index 1d7347825b95..df47be612ebb 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static int idxd_wq_cdev_dev_setup(struct idxd_wq *wq) minor = ida_simple_get(&cdev_ctx->minor_ida, 0, MINORMASK, GFP_KERNEL); if (minor < 0) { rc = minor; + kfree(dev); goto ida_err; } @@ -212,7 +213,6 @@ static int idxd_wq_cdev_dev_setup(struct idxd_wq *wq) rc = device_register(dev); if (rc < 0) { dev_err(&idxd->pdev->dev, "device register failed\n"); - put_device(dev); goto dev_reg_err; } idxd_cdev->minor = minor; @@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ static int idxd_wq_cdev_dev_setup(struct idxd_wq *wq) dev_reg_err: ida_simple_remove(&cdev_ctx->minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt)); + put_device(dev); ida_err: - kfree(dev); idxd_cdev->dev = NULL; return rc; } -- 2.11.0