From: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 1680939e9ecf7764fba8689cfb3429c2fe2bb23c ] vch will be free in virtio_rpmsg_release_device() when rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device() fails. There is no need to call kfree() again. Fixes: c486682ae1e2 ("rpmsg: virtio: Register the rpmsg_char device") Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220426060536.15594-3-hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c index 834a0811e371..3a62e6197151 100644 --- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev(struct virtio_device *vdev err = rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(rpdev_ctrl); if (err) { - kfree(vch); + /* vch will be free in virtio_rpmsg_release_device() */ return ERR_PTR(err); } -- 2.35.1