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Revision v4 of 4 in this series.

Revisions (4)
  1. v1 [diff vs current]
  2. v2 [diff vs current]
  3. v3 [diff vs current]
  4. v4 current

[PATCH v4 0/3] Convert manual kfree(dev) to put_device()

From: Tarun Sahu <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-04 17:16:44
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, lkml

Hello,

As per the kernel-doc guidelines, Devices that are tried to register
with device_register or to add using device_add, must use put_device
on their failure path (not kfree). This series contains 3 patches
for updating such instances. Same for kobject_init_and_add or
kobject_add, call kobject_put instead of kfree in case of error.

V4 <- V3
1. Added Fixes tags
2. update commit msg as per the suggestion on v3

V3 <- V2
1. Updated the commit msg of each patch to mention about the kernel-doc
   guidelines.

V2 <- V1
1. Removed patch [1] as it is part of another series [2] already.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260810162814.1398016-4-tarunsahu@google.com/ (local)
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260724171945.2812749-5-shubhrajyoti.datta@amd.com/ (local)

Tarun Sahu (3):
  ARM: locomo: Fix device reference leak on registration failure
  firmware: edd: Fix kobject reference leak on registration failure
  powerpc/ps3: use put_device() on device_register() failure in
    ps3_system_bus_device_register

 arch/arm/common/locomo.c                 | 13 ++--
 arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c | 83 ++++++++++++++----------
 arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c  |  2 +
 drivers/firmware/edd.c                   |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)


base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935
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2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog

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