If the initialization fails before tpm_chip_register(), put_device() will be not called, which causes release callback not to be called. This patch fixes the issue by adding put_device() to devres list of the parent device. Fixes: 313d21eeab ("tpm: device class for tpm") Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c index 1a9dcee..ea904d1 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c @@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct device *dev, chip->cdev.owner = chip->pdev->driver->owner; chip->cdev.kobj.parent = &chip->dev.kobj; + devm_add_action(dev, (void (*)(void *)) put_device, &chip->dev); + return chip; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpmm_chip_alloc); -- 2.7.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html