On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:14:55 +0530 Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 28 February 2018 04:00 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:24:16 +0530 > > Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Free memory, if afiucv_iucv_init is not successful and > >> removing a IUCV driver. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> net/iucv/af_iucv.c | 5 ++++- > >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c > >> index 1e8cc7b..eb0995a 100644 > >> --- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c > >> +++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c > >> @@ -2433,9 +2433,11 @@ static int afiucv_iucv_init(void) > >> af_iucv_dev->driver = &af_iucv_driver; > >> err = device_register(af_iucv_dev); > >> if (err) > >> - goto out_driver; > >> + goto out_iucv_dev; > >> return 0; > >> > >> +out_iucv_dev: > >> + kfree(af_iucv_dev); > >> out_driver: > >> driver_unregister(&af_iucv_driver); > >> out_iucv: > >> @@ -2496,6 +2498,7 @@ static void __exit afiucv_exit(void) > >> { > >> if (pr_iucv) { > >> device_unregister(af_iucv_dev); > >> + kfree(af_iucv_dev); > >> driver_unregister(&af_iucv_driver); > >> pr_iucv->iucv_unregister(&af_iucv_handler, 0); > >> symbol_put(iucv_if); > > No, you must not use kfree() after you called device_register() (even > > if it was not successful!) -- see the comment for device_register(). > Yes, Your are right. First we need to call put_device() then kfree(). > I will send updated patch. No, that's not correct, either. device_register() will give up any reference it obtained, and the caller did not obtain any additional reference, so a put_device() would be wrong. A kfree() on a refcounted structure is wrong as well. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html