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cpufreq: Avoid double kobject_put() for the same kobject in error code path

The only case triggering a jump to the err_out_unregister label in
__cpufreq_add_dev() is when cpufreq_add_dev_interface() fails.
However, if cpufreq_add_dev_interface() fails, it calls kobject_put()
for the policy kobject in its error code path and since that causes
the kobject's refcount to become 0, the additional kobject_put() for
the same kobject under err_out_unregister and the
wait_for_completion() following it are pointless, so drop them.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Rafael J. Wysocki 12 years ago
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drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c

@@ -1109,9 +1109,6 @@ err_out_unregister:
 	}
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-	kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
-	wait_for_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
-
 err_set_policy_cpu:
 	per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, cpu) = -1;
 	cpufreq_policy_free(policy);