On Sun, 26 Jun 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:40:35 +0200
>
> The platform_device_put() function was called in one case by the
> add_child() function during error handling even if the passed
> variable "pdev" contained a null pointer.
> Return directly in this case.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c b/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c
> index 14661ec..270e19c 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c
> @@ -199,11 +199,8 @@ static struct device *add_child(struct i2c_client *client, const char *name,
> int status;
>
> pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, -1);
> - if (!pdev) {
> - dev_dbg(&client->dev, "can't alloc dev\n");
> - status = -ENOMEM;
> - goto err;
> - }
> + if (!pdev)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
> device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, can_wakeup);
> pdev->dev.parent = &client->dev;
--
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