after registering the major numbers if the cdev_add fails then we were not releasing the major numbers. now we are doing that. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c index 39b19af..074c285 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c @@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ visorchipset_file_init(dev_t major_dev, struct visorchannel **controlvm_channel) return -1; } rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(major_dev), 0), 1); - if (rc < 0) + if (rc < 0) { + unregister_chrdev_region(major_dev, 1); return -1; + } return 0; } -- 1.8.1.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel