Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized.
Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com> --- drivers/base/soc.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/soc.c b/drivers/base/soc.c index 4e80f48..10b280f 100644 --- a/drivers/base/soc.c +++ b/drivers/base/soc.c @@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ struct soc_device *soc_device_register(struct soc_device_attribute *soc_dev_attr out3: ida_simple_remove(&soc_ida, soc_dev->soc_dev_num); + put_device(&soc_dev->dev); + soc_dev = NULL; out2: kfree(soc_dev); out1: -- 2.7.4