we have to call kobject_put() to clean up the kobject after function kobject_init(), kobject_add(), or kobject_uevent() is called.
Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <ding...@gmail.com> --- drivers/uio/uio.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c index 5110f36..40566fd 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c @@ -317,16 +317,18 @@ static int uio_dev_add_attributes(struct uio_device *idev) ret = kobject_add(&portio->kobj, idev->portio_dir, "port%d", pi); if (ret) - goto err_portio; + goto err_portio_kobj; ret = kobject_uevent(&portio->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); if (ret) - goto err_portio; + goto err_portio_kobj; } return 0; err_portio: - for (pi--; pi >= 0; pi--) { + pi--; +err_portio_kobj: + for (; pi >= 0; pi--) { port = &idev->info->port[pi]; portio = port->portio; kobject_put(&portio->kobj); -- 1.7.4.5 -- 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/