On Sun, 26 Jun 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 12:25:36 +0200

Please use `git send-email` when sending patches to the list.

> The platform_device_put() function was called in one case by the
> add_numbered_child() function during error handling even if the passed
> variable "pdev" contained a null pointer.
> Return directly in this case.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/twl-core.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Applied though, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
> index 831696e..9458c6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
> @@ -622,11 +622,8 @@ add_numbered_child(unsigned mod_no, const char *name, 
> int num,
>       twl = &twl_priv->twl_modules[sid];
>  
>       pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, num);
> -     if (!pdev) {
> -             dev_dbg(&twl->client->dev, "can't alloc dev\n");
> -             status = -ENOMEM;
> -             goto err;
> -     }
> +     if (!pdev)
> +             return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
>       pdev->dev.parent = &twl->client->dev;
>  

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