[alsa-devel] [PATCH] slimbus: core: use put_device() instead of kfree()

[Arvind Yadav]

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.cs at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/slimbus/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/core.c b/drivers/slimbus/core.c
index 4988a8f..7ddfc67 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/core.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/core.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static struct slim_device *slim_alloc_device(struct slim_controller *ctrl,
 	sbdev->e_addr = *eaddr;
 	ret = slim_add_device(ctrl, sbdev, node);
 	if (ret) {
-		kfree(sbdev);
+		put_device(&sbdev->dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
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