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sparc: vio: use put_device() instead of kfree()

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Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even
if it returned an error. Always use put_device() to give up the
reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Arvind Yadav 2018-04-25 20:26:14 +05:30 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent c98b38c5ed
commit ea5ffcd467
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arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
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@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static struct vio_dev *vio_create_one(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 mp,
if (err) {
printk(KERN_ERR "VIO: Could not register device %s, err=%d\n",
dev_name(&vdev->dev), err);
kfree(vdev);
put_device(&vdev->dev);
return NULL;
}
if (vdev->dp)