[PATCH 0/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail
Richard Weinberger
richard at nod.at
Mon Mar 12 07:32:29 PDT 2018
Arvind,
Am Montag, 12. März 2018, 06:51:24 CET schrieb Arvind Yadav:
> On Monday 12 March 2018 01:05 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 9. März 2018, 11:50:47 CET schrieb Arvind Yadav:
> >> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
> >> to give up the reference initialized.
> >>
> >> Arvind Yadav (2):
> >> [PATCH 1/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail
> >> [PATCH 2/2] mtd: ubi: use put_device() if device_register fail
> >
> > Uhh, this is not obvious. Does device_register() really always return with
> > a reference held in all (error) cases?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > //richard
>
> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
> to give up the reference initialized.(-- Please see the comment
> for device_register() ). put_device() is able to handle those case
> where it'll not return a reference.
You are right.
For both patches:
Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>
Thanks,
//richard
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