From a9011726c4bb37e5d6a7279bf47fcc19cd9d3e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arvind Yadav Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:06:07 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] rpmsg: glink: use put_device() if device_register fail if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. And unregister device for other return error. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson --- drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c index 892f2b92a4d8..3fa9d43e2c87 100644 --- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c @@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ struct qcom_glink *qcom_glink_smem_register(struct device *parent, ret = device_register(dev); if (ret) { pr_err("failed to register glink edge\n"); + put_device(dev); return ERR_PTR(ret); } @@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ struct qcom_glink *qcom_glink_smem_register(struct device *parent, return glink; err_put_dev: - put_device(dev); + device_unregister(dev); return ERR_PTR(ret); }