Currently we kfree the container of the device which failed to register. This is wrong as the last reference is not given up with a put_device call. Also, now that we have put_device() callen, we no longer need the kfree as the new_ld->dev.release function will take care of kfreeing the associated memory. Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c index 93cf15e..7de847d 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct lcd_device *lcd_device_register(const char *name, struct device *parent, rc = device_register(&new_ld->dev); if (rc) { - kfree(new_ld); + put_device(&new_ld->dev); return ERR_PTR(rc); } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html