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Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. Arvind Yadav (4): [PATCH 1/4] base: soc: use put_device() instead of kfree() [PATCH 2/4] driver core: platform: use put_device() if device_register fail [PATCH 3/4] driver core: node: use put_device() if device_register fail [PATCH 4/4] driver core: cpu: use put_device() if device_register fail drivers/base/cpu.c | 4 +++- drivers/base/node.c | 4 +++- drivers/base/platform.c | 4 +++- drivers/base/soc.c | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4