After dev_get_by_name(), we should follow a dev_put(). Signed-off-by: Yang Hongyang <yanghy@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ static int eql_s_slave_cfg(struct net_device *dev, slave_config_t __user *scp)
}
spin_unlock_bh(&eql->queue.lock);
+ dev_put(slave_dev);
+
return ret;