From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> pci_get_class implicitly does a pci_dev_put on its second argument, so pci_dev_put is only needed if there is a break out of the loop. The semantic match detecting this problem is as follows: // <smpl> @@ expression dev; expression E; @@ * pci_dev_put(dev) ... when != dev = E ( * pci_get_device(...,dev) | * pci_get_device_reverse(...,dev) | * pci_get_subsys(...,dev) | * pci_get_class(...,dev) ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -up a/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c b/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c --- a/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c 2007-11-15 07:33:31.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c 2007-11-15 07:38:48.000000000 +0100 @@ -4620,9 +4620,9 @@ sisfb_find_host_bridge(struct sis_video_ while((pdev = pci_get_class(PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST, pdev))) { temp = pdev->vendor; - pci_dev_put(pdev); if(temp == pcivendor) { ret = 1; + pci_dev_put(pdev); break; } } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html