dev_set_name() in ehea_register_port() allocates memory for name,
it need be freed when of_device_register() fails, call put_device()
to give up the reference that hold in device_initialize(), so that
it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0.
Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
index 294bdbbeacc3..b4aff59b3eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -2900,6 +2900,7 @@ static struct device *ehea_register_port(struct ehea_port *port,
ret = of_device_register(&port->ofdev);
if (ret) {
pr_err("failed to register device. ret=%d\n", ret);
+ put_device(&port->ofdev.dev);
goto out;
}
--
2.25.1