If ipack_device_register() returns an error, then we returned a freed pointer. The caller doesn't use it, but it means we return success to the user instead of returning an error code. I kind of rewrote the error handling in this function as a cleanup. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c b/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c index 6aeb660..ab6ea0a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static struct ipack_device *tpci200_slot_register(const char *board_name, unsigned int slot_position) { int found = 0; - struct ipack_device *dev = NULL; + struct ipack_device *dev; struct tpci200_board *tpci200; list_for_each_entry(tpci200, &tpci200_list, list) { @@ -390,16 +390,16 @@ static struct ipack_device *tpci200_slot_register(const char *board_name, if (slot_position >= TPCI200_NB_SLOT) { pr_info("Slot [%s %d:%d] doesn't exist!\n", TPCI200_SHORTNAME, tpci200_number, slot_position); - goto out; + return NULL; } if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&tpci200->mutex)) - goto out; + return NULL; if (tpci200->slots[slot_position].dev != NULL) { pr_err("Slot [%s %d:%d] already installed !\n", TPCI200_SHORTNAME, tpci200_number, slot_position); - goto out_unlock; + goto err_unlock; } dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ipack_device), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static struct ipack_device *tpci200_slot_register(const char *board_name, pr_info("Slot [%s %d:%d] Unable to allocate memory for new slot !\n", TPCI200_SHORTNAME, tpci200_number, slot_position); - goto out_unlock; + goto err_unlock; } if (size > IPACK_BOARD_NAME_SIZE) { @@ -440,15 +440,18 @@ static struct ipack_device *tpci200_slot_register(const char *board_name, dev->ops = &tpci200_bus_ops; tpci200->slots[slot_position].dev = dev; - if (ipack_device_register(dev) < 0) { - tpci200_slot_unregister(dev); - kfree(dev); - } + if (ipack_device_register(dev) < 0) + goto err_unregister; -out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&tpci200->mutex); -out: return dev; + +err_unregister: + tpci200_slot_unregister(dev); + kfree(dev); +err_unlock: + mutex_unlock(&tpci200->mutex); + return NULL; } static ssize_t tpci200_store_board(struct device *pdev, const char *buf, -- 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