[PATCH 07/14] infiniband: utilize new device_add_cdev helper function

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 02/22/2017 12:54 AM, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
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>>
>> Ah, this needs more help. Once device_initialize is called put_device
>> should be the error-unwind, can you use something more like this?
> 
> Is that true? Once device_register or device_add is called then you need
> to use put_device. [...]

device_initialize() documentation:

	NOTE: Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing
	@dev directly once you have called this function.