This is required so that we give up the last reference to the device. Calling put_device on the failed device will allow lm_device_release to be called which will kfree() the struct lm_device.
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <le...@linux.com> --- arch/arm/mach-integrator/lm.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/lm.c b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/lm.c index f52c7af..1199f38 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/lm.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/lm.c @@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ int lm_device_register(struct lm_device *dev) ret = request_resource(&iomem_resource, &dev->resource); if (ret == 0) { ret = device_register(&dev->dev); - if (ret) + if (ret) { release_resource(&dev->resource); + put_device(&dev->dev); + } } 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/