This patch is needed to clean up the initialized ida structure in case the function exits with an exception. Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c index db6f458..1c20ae6 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int __init mod_init(void) err = alloc_chrdev_region(&aim_devno, 0, 50, "cdev"); if (err < 0) - return err; + goto dest_ida; major = MAJOR(aim_devno); aim_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "most_cdev_aim"); @@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ dest_class: class_destroy(aim_class); free_cdev: unregister_chrdev_region(aim_devno, 1); +dest_ida: + ida_destroy(&minor_id); return err; } -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel