From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> pci_get_slot does a pci_dev_get, so pci_dev_put needs to be called in an error case. An extract of the semantic match used to find the problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ type find1.T,T1,T2; identifier find1.E; statement find1.S; expression x1,x2,x3; expression find1.test; int ret != 0; @@ T E; ... ( * E = pci_get_slot(...); if (E == NULL) S | * if ((E = pci_get_slot(...)) == NULL) S ) ... when != pci_dev_put(...,(T1)E,...) when != if (E != NULL) { ... pci_dev_put(...,(T1)E,...); ...} when != x1 = (T1)E when != E = x3; when any if (test) { ... when != pci_dev_put(...,(T2)E,...) when != if (E != NULL) { ... pci_dev_put(...,(T2)E,...); ...} when != x2 = (T2)E ( * return; | * return ret; ) } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c --- a/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c 2007-06-02 22:32:26.000000000 +0200 +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c 2008-01-04 14:17:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int read_cb_mem(struct pcmcia_socket * s /* Config space? */ if (space == 0) { if (addr + len > 0x100) - goto fail; + goto failput; for (; len; addr++, ptr++, len--) pci_read_config_byte(dev, addr, ptr); return 0; @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ int read_cb_mem(struct pcmcia_socket * s memcpy_fromio(ptr, s->cb_cis_virt + addr, len); return 0; +failput: + pci_dev_put(dev); fail: memset(ptr, 0xff, len); return -1; - 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