@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ static ssize_t ibmebus_store_probe(struct bus_type *bus,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
struct device_node *dn = NULL;
+ struct device *dev;
char *path;
ssize_t rc = 0;
@@ -269,8 +270,10 @@ static ssize_t ibmebus_store_probe(struct bus_type *bus,
if (!path)
return -ENOMEM;
- if (bus_find_device(&ibmebus_bus_type, NULL, path,
- ibmebus_match_path)) {
+ dev = bus_find_device(&ibmebus_bus_type, NULL, path,
+ ibmebus_match_path);
+ if (dev) {
+ put_device(dev);
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s has already been probed\n",
__func__, path);
rc = -EEXIST;
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ static ssize_t ibmebus_store_remove(struct bus_type *bus,
if ((dev = bus_find_device(&ibmebus_bus_type, NULL, path,
ibmebus_match_path))) {
of_device_unregister(to_platform_device(dev));
+ put_device(dev);
kfree(path);
return count;
Make sure to drop any reference taken by bus_find_device() in the sysfs callbacks that are used to create and destroy devices based on device-tree entries. Fixes: 6bccf755ff53 ("[POWERPC] ibmebus: dynamic addition/removal...) Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)