On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:37:29 +0000, Zhou Guanghui wrote:
> If device_register() returns error, the name allocated by the
> dev_set_name() need be freed. As described in the comment of
> device_register(), we should use put_device() to give up the
> reference in the error path.
>
> Fix this by calling put_device(), the name will be freed in the
> kobject_cleanup(), and this patch modified resources will be
> released by calling the corresponding callback function in the
> device_release().
>
> [...]
Applied to 6.1/scsi-fixes, thanks!
[1/1] scsi: iscsi: fix possible memory leak when device_register failed
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/f014165faa7b
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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
