When device_add() fails, put_device() should called for cleanup.
Added this call before the jump to out_free_ext_minor to not
interfere with device_del() on error paths where deivce_add() succeeded
Signed-off-by: Alfredo Cruz <alfredo.carlon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/genhd.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index d74fb5b4ae68..5a231fb075bd 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -456,8 +456,10 @@ int __must_check device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN))
ddev->devt = MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor);
ret = device_add(ddev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ put_device(ddev);
goto out_free_ext_minor;
+ }
ret = disk_alloc_events(disk);
if (ret)
--
2.43.2
