device_unregister() might free its argument. This leads to freed memory use in kfree(). Also use put_device() instead of kfree() as dev may be already used in another layer after call to device_add(). Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Compile tested only. drivers/power/power_supply_core.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c index 91606bb..f06bad0 100644 --- a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c +++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c @@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ int power_supply_register(struct device *parent, struct power_supply *psy) goto success; create_triggers_failed: - device_unregister(psy->dev); + device_del(dev); kobject_set_name_failed: device_add_failed: - kfree(dev); + put_device(dev); success: return rc; } -- 1.7.0.4 -- 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