From 0fbf116d120a2dc5d808204c7d86ad35f7d7846f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@free.fr> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:38:08 +0200 Subject: Driver core: plug device probe memory leak Make sure data is freed if the kthread fails to start. Signed-off-by: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/base/dd.c') diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c index b5f43c3e44fa..ef7db6939cbf 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dd.c +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev) probe_task = kthread_run(really_probe, data, "probe-%s", dev->bus_id); if (IS_ERR(probe_task)) - ret = PTR_ERR(probe_task); + ret = really_probe(data); } else ret = really_probe(data); -- cgit v1.2.3