If device_register() returns error in pccardd(), it leads two issues:
1. The socket_released has never been completed, it will block
pcmcia_unregister_socket(), because of waiting for completion
of socket_released.
2. The device name allocated by dev_set_name() is leaked.
Fix this two issues by calling put_device() when device_register() fails.
socket_released can be completed in pcmcia_release_socket(), the name can
be freed in kobject_cleanup().
Fixes:
1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
dev_warn(&skt->dev, "PCMCIA: unable to register socket\n");
skt->thread = NULL;
complete(&skt->thread_done);
+ put_device(&skt->dev);
return 0;
}
ret = pccard_sysfs_add_socket(&skt->dev);