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media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()
authorMa Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:50:54 +0000 (17:50 +0800)
committerHans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:47:13 +0000 (09:47 +0200)
commit4f4098c57e139ad972154077fb45c3e3141555dd
treefd74aaedb3401f8be9b4947dd6defe47b5678dd2
parent2412f16c9afa7710778fc032139a6df38b68fd7c
media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()

When cdev_device_add() failed, calling put_device() to explicitly
release dev->lirc_dev. Otherwise, it could cause the fault of the
reference count.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a6ddd4fecbb0 ("media: lirc: remove last remnants of lirc kapi")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c