Subject: + eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch added to -mm tree
To: levex@xxxxxxxxx,bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:17:51 -0800
The patch titled
Subject: drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c: call put_device if device_register fails
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch
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From: Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c: call put_device if device_register fails
We need to give up the last reference to edev->dev, so we need to call
put_device().
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c~eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
--- a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c~eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails
+++ a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ static int __init eisa_init_device(struc
static int __init eisa_register_device(struct eisa_device *edev)
{
int rc = device_register(&edev->dev);
- if (rc)
+ if (rc) {
+ put_device(&edev->dev);
return rc;
+ }
rc = device_create_file(&edev->dev, &dev_attr_signature);
if (rc)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from levex@xxxxxxxxx are
kstrtox-remove-redundant-cleanup.patch
lib-cmdlinec-declare-exported-symbols-immediately.patch
linux-next.patch
backlight-lcd-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch
net-phy-call-put_device-on-device_register-failure.patch
eisa-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch
w1-call-put_device-if-device_register-fails.patch
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