Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail | From | Arvind Yadav <> | Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:21:24 +0530 |
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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.
~arvind
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