Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754809Ab1EDClw (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2011 22:41:52 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:51170 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754719Ab1EDClv (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2011 22:41:51 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 4389 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 22:41:51 EDT Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 21:28:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost6.localdomain6 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List cc: Greg KH Subject: [PATCH] RAW driver: Remove call to kobject_put(). Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1157 Lines: 35 If cdev_add() fails, there is no justification for subsequently calling kobject_put(). Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day === 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; } -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/