3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: weiping zhang <zwp10758@xxxxxxxxx> commit e60ea67bb60459b95a50a156296041a13e0e380e upstream. index can be reused by other virtio device. Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c @@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ int register_virtio_device(struct virtio /* device_register() causes the bus infrastructure to look for a * matching driver. */ err = device_register(&dev->dev); + if (err) + ida_simple_remove(&virtio_index_ida, dev->index); out: if (err) add_status(dev, VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FAILED);