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[SCSI] don't kfree an initialized struct device

This patch (as1359) fixes a bug in scsi_alloc_target().  After a
device structure has been initialized (and especially after its name
has been set), it must not be freed directly.  One has to call
put_device() instead.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Alan Stern 15 years ago
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1 changed files with 1 additions and 2 deletions
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      drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c

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drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c

@@ -459,8 +459,7 @@ static struct scsi_target *scsi_alloc_target(struct device *parent,
 	found_target->reap_ref++;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
 	if (found_target->state != STARGET_DEL) {
-		put_device(parent);
-		kfree(starget);
+		put_device(dev);
 		return found_target;
 	}
 	/* Unfortunately, we found a dying target; need to