This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device. Removed the kfree() as put_device will result in release_pcie_device being called and hence the container of the device will be kfree'd. Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c index 08d131f..80fb1f2 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int pcie_device_init(struct pci_dev *pdev, int service, int irq) retval = device_register(device); if (retval) - kfree(pcie); + put_device(device); else get_device(device); return retval; -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html