From: chengkaitao <pilgrimtao@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit a58a7f97ba11391d2d0d408e0b24f38d86ae748e ] The reference must be released when device_register(&vm_cmdline_parent) failed. Add the corresponding 'put_device()' in the error handling path. Signed-off-by: chengkaitao <pilgrimtao@xxxxxxxxx> Message-Id: <20220602005542.16489-1-chengkaitao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c index 238383ff1064..5c970e6f664c 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c @@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ static int vm_cmdline_set(const char *device, if (!vm_cmdline_parent_registered) { err = device_register(&vm_cmdline_parent); if (err) { + put_device(&vm_cmdline_parent); pr_err("Failed to register parent device!\n"); return err; } -- 2.35.1