drivers/rtc/class.c: fix device_register() error handling

If device_register() fails then call put_device(). See comment to device_register. Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <[email protected]> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <[email protected]> Cc: Wan ZongShun <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
chewitt · Oct 28, 2010 · 59cca86 · 59cca86
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diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 	rtc_dev_prepare(rtc);
 
 	err = device_register(&rtc->dev);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		put_device(&rtc->dev);
 		goto exit_kfree;
+	}
 
 	rtc_dev_add_device(rtc);
 	rtc_sysfs_add_device(rtc);