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backlight: core: Replace kfree with put_device

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As per the comments on device_register, we shouldn't call kfree()
right after a device_register() failure. Instead call put_device(),
which in turn will call bl_device_release resulting in a kfree to the
full structure.

Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@linux.com>
Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
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Levente Kurusa 2014-02-07 09:43:21 +01:00 committed by Lee Jones
parent fa389e2202
commit 35762a47c0
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@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
rc = device_register(&new_bd->dev);
if (rc) {
kfree(new_bd);
put_device(&new_bd->dev);
return ERR_PTR(rc);
}