On 13/02/13 18:47, Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> From: "Emilio G. Cota" <[email protected]>
> 
> put_device() must be called after device_register() fails,
> since device_register() always initializes the refcount
> on the device structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/vme/vme.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vme/vme.c b/drivers/vme/vme.c
> index 95a9f71..5e6c7d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/vme/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/vme/vme.c
> @@ -1366,26 +1366,27 @@ static int __vme_register_driver_bus(struct 
> vme_driver *drv,
>               err = device_register(&vdev->dev);
>               if (err)
>                       goto err_reg;
>  
>               if (vdev->dev.platform_data) {
>                       list_add_tail(&vdev->drv_list, &drv->devices);
>                       list_add_tail(&vdev->bridge_list, &bridge->devices);
>               } else
>                       device_unregister(&vdev->dev);
>       }
>       return 0;
>  
>  err_reg:
> +     put_device(&vdev->dev);
>       kfree(vdev);
>  err_devalloc:
>       list_for_each_entry_safe(vdev, tmp, &drv->devices, drv_list) {
>               list_del(&vdev->drv_list);
>               list_del(&vdev->bridge_list);
>               device_unregister(&vdev->dev);
>       }
>       return err;
>  }

Acked-by: Martyn Welch <[email protected]>

(Sorry it took me so long to respond)

>  
>  static int __vme_register_driver(struct vme_driver *drv, unsigned int ndevs)
>  {
>       struct vme_bridge *bridge;
> 


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