On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:41:16 +0200 Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/05/2018 17:11, Tony Krowiak wrote: > > Introduces a new AP device driver. This device driver > > is built on the VFIO mediated device framework. The framework > > provides sysfs interfaces that facilitate passthrough > > access by guests to devices installed on the linux host. > ...snip... > > > +static int vfio_ap_matrix_dev_create(void) > > +{ > > + int ret; > > + > > + vfio_ap_root_device = root_device_register(VFIO_AP_ROOT_NAME); > > + > > + if (IS_ERR(vfio_ap_root_device)) { > > + ret = PTR_ERR(vfio_ap_root_device); > > + goto done; > > + } > > + > > + ap_matrix = kzalloc(sizeof(*ap_matrix), GFP_KERNEL); > > + if (!ap_matrix) { > > + ret = -ENOMEM; > > + goto matrix_alloc_err; > > + } > > + > > + ap_matrix->device.type = &vfio_ap_dev_type; > > + dev_set_name(&ap_matrix->device, "%s", VFIO_AP_DEV_NAME); > > + ap_matrix->device.parent = vfio_ap_root_device; > > + ap_matrix->device.release = vfio_ap_matrix_dev_release; > > + ap_matrix->device.driver = &vfio_ap_drv.driver; > > + > > + ret = device_register(&ap_matrix->device); > > + if (ret) > > + goto matrix_reg_err; > > + > > + goto done; > > + > > +matrix_reg_err: > > + put_device(&ap_matrix->device); > > Did not see this before but here you certainly want to > do a kfree and not a put_device. No, this must not be a kfree. Once you've tried to register something embedding a struct device with the driver core, you need to use put_device, as another path may have acquired a reference, even if registering ultimately failed. See the comment for device_register(). IOW, the code is correct. > > > > > + > > +matrix_alloc_err: > > + root_device_unregister(vfio_ap_root_device); > > + > > +done: > > + return ret; > > +} > > + > > +static void vfio_ap_matrix_dev_destroy(struct ap_matrix *ap_matrix) > > +{ > > + device_unregister(&ap_matrix->device); > > + root_device_unregister(vfio_ap_root_device); > > Also here you need a kfree(ap_matrix) too . Same here.