[PATCH] staging: vc04_services: vchiq_bus: Do not kfree device

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Oct 9 03:16:14 PDT 2023


On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 11:39:06AM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> As per device_register() documentation, this kfree() on error path will
> crash. The call to put_device() is all that is needed here to free the
> memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain at ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

This needs a "Fixes:" tag, right?

thanks,

greg k-h



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