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Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister()

From: Frederic Barrat <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-13 09:38:27
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Le 12/03/2018 à 12:36, Arvind Yadav a écrit :
if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
to give up the reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <redacted>
---
OK, device_unregister() calls put_device() but also other actions that 
we can skip in this case.

Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <redacted>

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
  drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c b/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c
index 0051d9e..21f4254 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static struct ocxl_fn *init_function(struct pci_dev *dev)
  	rc = device_register(&fn->dev);
  	if (rc) {
  		deconfigure_function(fn);
-		device_unregister(&fn->dev);
+		put_device(&fn->dev);
  		return ERR_PTR(rc);
  	}
  	return fn;
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