This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device. Remove the kfree() as that is the job of wq_device_release which will now be called due to the reference count actually reaching zero.
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <le...@linux.com> --- kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 987293d..f3b3398 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -3361,7 +3361,7 @@ int workqueue_sysfs_register(struct workqueue_struct *wq) ret = device_register(&wq_dev->dev); if (ret) { - kfree(wq_dev); + put_device(&wq_dev->dev); wq->wq_dev = NULL; return ret; } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/