This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device.
The kfree() has been removed because put_device will set the underlying kref's
reference count to zero and hence vio_dev_release will get called resulting in
kfreeing the structure.
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
index 8647fcc..fb0088d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static struct vio_dev *vio_create_one(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 mp,
if (err) {
printk(KERN_ERR "VIO: Could not register device %s, err=%d\n",
dev_name(&vdev->dev), err);
- kfree(vdev);
+ put_device(&vdev->dev);
return NULL;
}
if (vdev->dp)
--
1.8.3.1
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