[PATCH 0/2] misc: use put_device() instead of kfree()

Arvind Yadav arvind.yadav.cs at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 22:36:51 AEDT 2018


Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even
if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the
reference initialized.

Arvind Yadav (2):
  [PATCH 1/2] misc: mic: Release reference count and memory for VOP device
  [PATCH 2/2] misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister()

 drivers/misc/mic/bus/vop_bus.c | 6 ++++--
 drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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