In case of failure au0828_v4l2_device_register() deallocates dev and returns error code to au0828_usb_probe(), which also calls kfree(dev) on a failure path. The patch removes duplicated code from au0828_v4l2_device_register(). Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c index 32d7db96479c..7d0ec4cb248c 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c @@ -679,8 +679,6 @@ int au0828_v4l2_device_register(struct usb_interface *interface, if (retval) { pr_err("%s() v4l2_device_register failed\n", __func__); - mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); - kfree(dev); return retval; } @@ -691,8 +689,6 @@ int au0828_v4l2_device_register(struct usb_interface *interface, if (retval) { pr_err("%s() v4l2_ctrl_handler_init failed\n", __func__); - mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); - kfree(dev); return retval; } dev->v4l2_dev.ctrl_handler = &dev->v4l2_ctrl_hdl; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html