Hi Dave, On Dec 4, 2007 3:31 AM, Dave Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kobject_put should be called when kobject register functioin fails, so the > the kobj ref count touch zero and then the proper cleanup routines will be > called.
[snip] > diff -upr linux/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c linux.new/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c > --- linux/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c 2007-11-30 13:13:44.000000000 +0800 > +++ linux.new/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c 2007-11-30 13:24:08.000000000 +0800 > @@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ static struct pktcdvd_kobj* pkt_kobj_cre > p->kobj.parent = parent; > p->kobj.ktype = ktype; > p->pd = pd; > - if (kobject_register(&p->kobj) != 0) > + if (kobject_register(&p->kobj) != 0) { > + kobject_put(&p->kobj); > return NULL; This looks wrong to me. AFAICT the only thing that can fail kobject_register() is kobject_add() and it cleans up after itself. Am I missing something here? Pekka -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/