If of_device_register() returns error, the of node and the
name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked, call put_device()
to give up the reference that was set in device_initialize(),
so that of node is put in logical_port_release() and the name
is freed in kobject_cleanup().
Fixes: 1acf2318dd13 ("ehea: dynamic add / remove port")
Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <redacted>
---
v2:
Update commit and add a fix tag.
---
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