kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.
According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()：
If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().
Fixes: 73f368cf679b ("Kobject: change drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c to use kobject_init_and_add")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c b/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
index 9513c39719d1..d9e51036a4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
@@ -980,8 +980,10 @@ pdcs_register_pathentries(void)
entry->kobj.kset = paths_kset;
err = kobject_init_and_add(&entry->kobj, &ktype_pdcspath, NULL,
"%s", entry->name);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ kobject_put(&entry->kobj);
return err;
+ }
/* kobject is now registered */
write_lock(&entry->rw_lock);
--
2.17.1
