If cdev_add() fails, there is no justification for subsequently
calling kobject_put().
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index b4b9d5a..e2b4829 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
cdev_init(&raw_cdev, &raw_fops);
ret = cdev_add(&raw_cdev, dev, MAX_RAW_MINORS);
if (ret) {
- kobject_put(&raw_cdev.kobj);
goto error_region;
}
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