The patch titled Subject: rapidio: fix the missed put_device() for rio_mport_add_riodev has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is rapidio-fix-the-missed-put_device-for-rio_mport_add_riodev.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/rapidio-fix-the-missed-put_device-for-rio_mport_add_riodev.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/rapidio-fix-the-missed-put_device-for-rio_mport_add_riodev.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: rapidio: fix the missed put_device() for rio_mport_add_riodev rio_mport_add_riodev() misses to call put_device() when the device already exists. Add the missed function call to fix it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200922072525.42330-1-jingxiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: e8de370188d0 ("rapidio: add mport char device driver") Signed-off-by: Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexandre Bounine <alex.bou9@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c~rapidio-fix-the-missed-put_device-for-rio_mport_add_riodev +++ a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c @@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ static int rio_mport_add_riodev(struct m struct rio_dev *rdev; struct rio_switch *rswitch = NULL; struct rio_mport *mport; + struct device *dev; size_t size; u32 rval; u32 swpinfo = 0; @@ -1694,8 +1695,10 @@ static int rio_mport_add_riodev(struct m rmcd_debug(RDEV, "name:%s ct:0x%x did:0x%x hc:0x%x", dev_info.name, dev_info.comptag, dev_info.destid, dev_info.hopcount); - if (bus_find_device_by_name(&rio_bus_type, NULL, dev_info.name)) { + dev = bus_find_device_by_name(&rio_bus_type, NULL, dev_info.name); + if (dev) { rmcd_debug(RDEV, "device %s already exists", dev_info.name); + put_device(dev); return -EEXIST; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jingxiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx are rapidio-fix-the-missed-put_device-for-rio_mport_add_riodev.patch