This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device. Also, this makes superhyway_device_release actually used.
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <le...@linux.com> --- drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c b/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c index 2d9e7f3..765cf7d 100644 --- a/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c +++ b/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int superhyway_add_device(unsigned long base, struct superhyway_device *sdev, struct superhyway_bus *bus) { struct superhyway_device *dev = sdev; + int rc = 0; if (!dev) { dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct superhyway_device), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -86,8 +87,11 @@ int superhyway_add_device(unsigned long base, struct superhyway_device *sdev, dev_set_name(&dev->dev, "%02x", superhyway_devices); superhyway_devices++; + rc = device_register(&dev->dev); + if (rc) + put_device(&dev->dev); - return device_register(&dev->dev); + return rc; } int superhyway_add_devices(struct superhyway_bus *bus, -- 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/