From dcf69599c47f29ce0a99117eb3f9ddcd2c4e78b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Haoxiang Li Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:19:26 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] parisc: kernel: replace kfree() with put_device() in create_tree_node() If device_register() fails, put_device() is the correct way to drop the device reference. Found by code review. Fixes: 1070c9655b90 ("[PA-RISC] Fix must_check warnings in drivers.c") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li Signed-off-by: Helge Deller --- arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c index 8d23fe42b0cee..809e3c171ad54 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static struct parisc_device * __init create_tree_node(char id, dev->dev.dma_mask = &dev->dma_mask; dev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = dev->dma_mask; if (device_register(&dev->dev)) { - kfree(dev); + put_device(&dev->dev); return NULL; } -- 2.47.3