On 27/05/2020 23.06, wu000273@xxxxxxx wrote:
From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx>
kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.
Thus, when kobject_init_and_add() returns an error,
kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the kobject.
Fixes: a4bd217b4326 ("lightnvm: physical block device (pblk) target")
Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
index 6387302b03f2..90f1433b19a2 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ int pblk_sysfs_init(struct gendisk *tdisk)
"%s", "pblk");
if (ret) {
pblk_err(pblk, "could not register\n");
+ kobject_put(&pblk->kobj);
return ret;
}
Thanks, Quishi.
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Jens, would you kindly pick up the patch?
Thank you, Matias
