Once we have called device_initialize(), we should use put_device() to give up the reference on error, just like what we have done on failure of device_add(). Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/partitions/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c index e7d776db803b..23460cee9de5 100644 --- a/block/partitions/core.c +++ b/block/partitions/core.c @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno, err = blk_alloc_devt(bdev, &devt); if (err) - goto out_bdput; + goto out_put; pdev->devt = devt; /* delay uevent until 'holders' subdir is created */ -- 2.17.1
