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>
cdev_init(&dev->lirc_cdev, &lirc_fops);
+ get_device(&dev->dev);
+
err = cdev_device_add(&dev->lirc_cdev, &dev->lirc_dev);
if (err)
- goto out_ida;
-
- get_device(&dev->dev);
+ goto out_put_device;
switch (dev->driver_type) {
case RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE:
return 0;
-out_ida:
+out_put_device:
+ put_device(&dev->lirc_dev);
ida_free(&lirc_ida, minor);
return err;
}