* [PATCH] xen: xenbus: use put_device() instead of kfree()
@ 2018-03-06 10:10 Arvind Yadav
2018-03-06 11:01 ` Juergen Gross
2018-03-08 14:31 ` Juergen Gross
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Arvind Yadav @ 2018-03-06 10:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: boris.ostrovsky, jgross; +Cc: linux-kernel, xen-devel
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/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index 74888ca..ec9eb4f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -466,8 +466,11 @@ int xenbus_probe_node(struct xen_bus_type *bus,
/* Register with generic device framework. */
err = device_register(&xendev->dev);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ put_device(&xendev->dev);
+ xendev = NULL;
goto fail;
+ }
return 0;
fail:
--
1.9.1
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* Re: [PATCH] xen: xenbus: use put_device() instead of kfree()
2018-03-06 10:10 [PATCH] xen: xenbus: use put_device() instead of kfree() Arvind Yadav
@ 2018-03-06 11:01 ` Juergen Gross
2018-03-08 14:31 ` Juergen Gross
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Juergen Gross @ 2018-03-06 11:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arvind Yadav, boris.ostrovsky; +Cc: linux-kernel, xen-devel
On 06/03/18 11:10, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> 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>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Juergen
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* Re: [PATCH] xen: xenbus: use put_device() instead of kfree()
2018-03-06 10:10 [PATCH] xen: xenbus: use put_device() instead of kfree() Arvind Yadav
2018-03-06 11:01 ` Juergen Gross
@ 2018-03-08 14:31 ` Juergen Gross
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Juergen Gross @ 2018-03-08 14:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arvind Yadav, boris.ostrovsky; +Cc: linux-kernel, xen-devel
On 06/03/18 11:10, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> 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>
Committed to xen/tip.git for-linus-4.16a
Juergen
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