| Message ID | 20220124124121.8888-1-linmq006@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2] coresight: syscfg: Fix memleak on registration failure in cscfg_create_device | expand |
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:41:21PM +0000, Miaoqian Lin wrote: > device_register() calls device_initialize(), > according to doc of device_initialize: > > Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing > * @dev directly once you have called this function. > > To prevent potential memleak, use put_device() for error handling. > > Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com> > --- > Changes in v2: > - simply call put_device() instead of cscfg_dev_release() in the error > path of cscfg_create_device. > --- > drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c > index 43054568430f..c30989e0675f 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c > @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static int cscfg_create_device(void) > > err = device_register(dev); > if (err) > - cscfg_dev_release(dev); > + put_device(dev); Applied. Thanks, Mathieu > > create_dev_exit_unlock: > mutex_unlock(&cscfg_mutex); > -- > 2.17.1 >
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c index 43054568430f..c30989e0675f 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static int cscfg_create_device(void) err = device_register(dev); if (err) - cscfg_dev_release(dev); + put_device(dev); create_dev_exit_unlock: mutex_unlock(&cscfg_mutex);
device_register() calls device_initialize(), according to doc of device_initialize: Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing * @dev directly once you have called this function. To prevent potential memleak, use put_device() for error handling. Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com> --- Changes in v2: - simply call put_device() instead of cscfg_dev_release() in the error path of cscfg_create_device. --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)