Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error. Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@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 1a0fa10..32bae68 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ 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) -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html