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powercap: call put_device() on an error path in powercap_register_control_type()
powercap_register_control_type() calls device_register(), but does not release the refcount of the device when it fails. Call put_device() before returning an error to balance the refcount. Since the kfree(control_type) will be done by powercap_release(), remove the lines in powercap_register_control_type() before returning the error. This bug was found by an experimental verifier that I am developing. Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori <joe@pf.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250110010554.1583411-1-joe@pf.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp [ rjw: Changelog edits ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c

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@@ -627,8 +627,7 @@ struct powercap_control_type *powercap_register_control_type(
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dev_set_name(&control_type->dev, "%s", name);
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result = device_register(&control_type->dev);
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if (result) {
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if (control_type->allocated)
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kfree(control_type);
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put_device(&control_type->dev);
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return ERR_PTR(result);
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}
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idr_init(&control_type->idr);

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