Quentin Lambert <lambert.quen...@gmail.com> writes:
> Most error branches following the call to class_find_device contain
> a call to put_device. This patch add calls to put_device where
> they are missing.
>
> This issue was found with Hector.
>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Lambert <lambert.quen...@gmail.com>
>
> ---
> drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
> @@ -368,8 +368,10 @@ static int stm_char_open(struct inode *i
> return -ENODEV;
>
> stmf = kzalloc(sizeof(*stmf), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!stmf)
> + if (!stmf) {
> + put_device(dev);
> return -ENOMEM;
> + }
There is a goto label at the bottom of this function which is supposed
to deal with this. See the fix that we already have [1] for this issue.
[1]
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/ash/stm.git/commit/?h=stm-for-greg-20161118&id=a0ebf519b8a2666438d999c62995618c710573e5
Regards,
--
alex
