From: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> commit d44616c6cc3e35eea03ecfe9040edfa2b486a059 upstream. Fix the following error: smatch warnings: drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c:1020 __thermal_cooling_device_register() warn: possible memory leak of 'cdev' by freeing the cdev when exiting the function in the error path. Fixes: 584837618100 ("thermal/drivers/core: Use a char pointer for the cooling device name") Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210319202257.890848-1-daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c @@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ out_kfree_type: out_ida_remove: ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, id); out_kfree_cdev: + kfree(cdev); return ERR_PTR(ret); }