Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:43:23 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: hns: use put_device() if device_register fail | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 16:11:17 +0530
> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device() > to give up the reference initialized. > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
I do not see anything giving cls_dev an initial non-zero reference count before this device_register() call.
And I have no idea why you use a "!" when saying 'error' you this commit log message.
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