From 0c692d07842a67d9aa6b8266a80e4ac460a5c1a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Levente Kurusa Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:45:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c: call put_device on device_register() failure It is required to call put_device() if device_register() fails, so that we give up the last reference to the device. Calling put_device allows for mdiobus_release to be executed, kfreeing the bus. Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Grant Likely Cc: David Daney Cc: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c index 930694d3a13f..71e49000fbf3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ int mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus) err = device_register(&bus->dev); if (err) { pr_err("mii_bus %s failed to register\n", bus->id); + put_device(&bus->dev); return -EINVAL; }