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cpufreq: Explain the kobject_put() in cpufreq_policy_alloc()
It may not be particularly clear why the kobject_put() after failing kobject_init_and_add() in cpufreq_policy_alloc() is not redundant, so add a comment to explain that. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
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@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu)
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cpufreq_global_kobject, "policy%u", cpu);
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if (ret) {
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pr_err("%s: failed to init policy->kobj: %d\n", __func__, ret);
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/*
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* The entire policy object will be freed below, but the extra
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* memory allocated for the kobject name needs to be freed by
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* releasing the kobject.
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*/
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kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
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goto err_free_real_cpus;
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}
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