From: Qiushi Wu <wu000...@umn.edu>

kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.
If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Previous
commit "b8eb718348b8" fixed a similar problem.

Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000...@umn.edu>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
index cdeedbf02646..55107565b319 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int cpuidle_add_state_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device 
*device)
                ret = kobject_init_and_add(&kobj->kobj, &ktype_state_cpuidle,
                                           &kdev->kobj, "state%d", i);
                if (ret) {
-                       kfree(kobj);
+                       kobject_put(&kobj->kobj);
                        goto error_state;
                }
                cpuidle_add_s2idle_attr_group(kobj);
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static int cpuidle_add_driver_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device 
*dev)
        ret = kobject_init_and_add(&kdrv->kobj, &ktype_driver_cpuidle,
                                   &kdev->kobj, "driver");
        if (ret) {
-               kfree(kdrv);
+               kobject_put(&kdrv->kobj);
                return ret;
        }
 
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ int cpuidle_add_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
        error = kobject_init_and_add(&kdev->kobj, &ktype_cpuidle, 
&cpu_dev->kobj,
                                   "cpuidle");
        if (error) {
-               kfree(kdev);
+               kobject_put(&kdev->kobj);
                return error;
        }
 
-- 
2.17.1

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