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authorLevente Kurusa <levex@linux.com>2014-01-30 15:45:46 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-30 16:56:54 -0800
commit0c692d07842a67d9aa6b8266a80e4ac460a5c1a2 (patch)
tree8ecdf75687efe387fd47feec6df5b88b5cc48bc0 /kernel
parent54f5968db9e09de8779b5a5174719af51f1da199 (diff)
downloadlinux-0c692d07842a67d9aa6b8266a80e4ac460a5c1a2.tar.gz
drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c: call put_device on device_register() failure
It is required to call put_device() if device_register() fails, so that
we give up the last reference to the device.  Calling put_device allows
for mdiobus_release to be executed, kfreeing the bus.

Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@linux.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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