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[S390] cio: fix double free after failed device initialization

If io_subchannel_initialize_dev fails it will release the only
reference to the ccw device therefore the caller should not
kfree this device since this is done in the release function.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Sebastian Ott 16 years ago
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1 changed files with 1 additions and 3 deletions
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      drivers/s390/cio/device.c

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drivers/s390/cio/device.c

@@ -772,10 +772,8 @@ static struct ccw_device * io_subchannel_create_ccwdev(struct subchannel *sch)
 	cdev = io_subchannel_allocate_dev(sch);
 	if (!IS_ERR(cdev)) {
 		ret = io_subchannel_initialize_dev(sch, cdev);
-		if (ret) {
-			kfree(cdev);
+		if (ret)
 			cdev = ERR_PTR(ret);
-		}
 	}
 	return cdev;
 }