If 'of_property_read_string' fails, then 'soc_dev_attr' should be freed, otherwise, there is a memory leak. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch has already been Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> on 17/07/2015 --- drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c b/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c index c337764..39ffe18 100644 --- a/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c +++ b/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c @@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ static int realview_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) ret = of_property_read_string(np, "compatible", &soc_dev_attr->soc_id); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + kfree(soc_dev_attr); return -EINVAL; + } soc_dev_attr->machine = "RealView"; soc_dev_attr->family = "Versatile"; -- 2.5.0 -- 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