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: e3cf00d0a87f ("IB/usnic: Add Cisco VIC low-level hardware driver")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_sysfs.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_sysfs.c
index 7d868f033bbf..69c5854deebc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_sysfs.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ void usnic_ib_sysfs_qpn_add(struct usnic_ib_qp_grp *qp_grp)
kobject_get(us_ibdev->qpn_kobj),
"%d", qp_grp->grp_id);
if (err) {
+ kobject_put(&qp_grp->kobj);
kobject_put(us_ibdev->qpn_kobj);
return;
}
--
2.17.1
