On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 01:29:00AM +0530, Rahul Ruikar wrote:
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> call put_device() when device_register() fails.
> 

Sorry I didn't realize what you were trying to do here.  This is not
correct at all.

The right thing is to fix device_register() to call put_device() itself.
It's a bit involved, because all the callers will need to be audited but
someone is working on this I think.

regards,
dan carpenter

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