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 <redacted>
---
drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
index f272cdd..2623a56 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static struct ishtp_cl_device *ishtp_bus_add_device(struct ishtp_device *dev,
list_del(&device->device_link);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->device_list_lock, flags);
dev_err(dev->devc, "Failed to register ISHTP client device\n");
- kfree(device);
+ put_device(&device->dev);
return NULL;
}
--
2.7.4