This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device. Remove the kfree() as well, because the put_device() will result in iscsi_endpoint_release being called and hence it will be kfree'd.
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <le...@linux.com> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c index 63a6ca4..ff20f35 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c @@ -219,8 +219,10 @@ iscsi_create_endpoint(int dd_size) ep->dev.class = &iscsi_endpoint_class; dev_set_name(&ep->dev, "ep-%llu", (unsigned long long) id); err = device_register(&ep->dev); - if (err) - goto free_ep; + if (err) { + put_device(&ep->dev); + return NULL; + } err = sysfs_create_group(&ep->dev.kobj, &iscsi_endpoint_group); if (err) @@ -233,10 +235,6 @@ iscsi_create_endpoint(int dd_size) unregister_dev: device_unregister(&ep->dev); return NULL; - -free_ep: - kfree(ep); - return NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_create_endpoint); -- 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/