device_register() is used to register a device with the system.
We cannot directly free dev after calling this function,
even if it returns an error.
We should use put_device() to give up the reference
initialized in this function instead.
Signed-off-by: Zhi Song <[email protected]>
---
drivers/base/node.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 0ac6376ef7a1..88a3337c546e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static struct node_access_nodes *node_init_node_access(struct node *node,
list_add_tail(&access_node->list_node, &node->access_list);
return access_node;
free_name:
+ put_device(dev);
kfree_const(dev->kobj.name);
free:
kfree(access_node);
--
2.30.2