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sparc: vio: use put_device() instead of kfree()

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>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Arvind Yadav 7 years ago
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      arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c

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arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c

@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static struct vio_dev *vio_create_one(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 mp,
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "VIO: Could not register device %s, err=%d\n",
 		       dev_name(&vdev->dev), err);
-		kfree(vdev);
+		put_device(&vdev->dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (vdev->dp)