scsi_host_dev_release() only works around for us by freeing dev_name(&shost->shost_dev) when host state is SHOST_CREATED. After host state is changed to SHOST_RUNNING, scsi_host_dev_release() doesn't do that any more. So fix the issue by put .shost_dev in failure path if host state becomes running, meantime move get_device(&shost->shost_gendev) before device_add(&shost->shost_dev), so that scsi_host_cls_release() can put this reference. Reported-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c index 796736e47764..7049844adb6b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c @@ -257,12 +257,11 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev, device_enable_async_suspend(&shost->shost_dev); + get_device(&shost->shost_gendev); error = device_add(&shost->shost_dev); if (error) goto out_del_gendev; - get_device(&shost->shost_gendev); - if (shost->transportt->host_size) { shost->shost_data = kzalloc(shost->transportt->host_size, GFP_KERNEL); @@ -300,6 +299,11 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev, out_del_dev: device_del(&shost->shost_dev); out_del_gendev: + /* + * host state has become SHOST_RUNNING, so we have to release + * ->shost_dev explicitly + */ + put_device(&shost->shost_dev); device_del(&shost->shost_gendev); out_disable_runtime_pm: device_disable_async_suspend(&shost->shost_gendev); -- 2.29.2