On 10/4/21 5:52 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > From: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > commit ab609f25d19858513919369ff3d9a63c02cd9e2e upstream. > > Once device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to > decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it will cause memory > leak. This changed has since been reverted upstream, please drop this change: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=10eff1f5788b6ffac212c254e2f3666219576889 -- Florian