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

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@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; }