When tty_add_file fails we omit to clean up. Fix that by calling tty_release appropriatelly. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
@@ -1894,6 +1894,7 @@ got_driver:
retval = tty_add_file(tty, filp);
if (retval) {
tty_unlock();
+ tty_release(inode, filp);
return retval;
}