Currently we kfree the container of the device which failed to register.
This is wrong as the last reference is not given up with a put_device
call. Also, now that we have put_device() callen, we no longer need
the kfree as the new_ld->dev.release function will take care of kfreeing
the associated memory.
Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <le...@linux.com>
---
drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
index 93cf15e..7de847d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct lcd_device *lcd_device_register(const char *name,
struct device *parent,
rc = device_register(&new_ld->dev);
if (rc) {
- kfree(new_ld);
+ put_device(&new_ld->dev);
return ERR_PTR(rc);
}
--
1.8.3.1
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