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[v2] watchdog: Use put_device on error

Message ID 20200824031230.31050-1-dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn
State New
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Series [v2] watchdog: Use put_device on error | expand

Commit Message

Dinghao Liu Aug. 24, 2020, 3:12 a.m. UTC 
We should use put_device() instead of freeing device
directly after device_initialize().

Fixes: cb36e29bb0e4b ("watchdog: initialize device before misc_register")
Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
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Changelog:

v2: - Use put_device() instead of just removing kfree.
      Move the memleak part to a separate patch.
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 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 6798addabd5a..b0fa7f31b1b6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@  static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 				pr_err("%s: a legacy watchdog module is probably present.\n",
 					wdd->info->identity);
 			old_wd_data = NULL;
-			kfree(wd_data);
+			put_device(&wd_data->dev);
 			return err;
 		}
 	}