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char: misc: deallocate static minor in error path
authorThadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:32:49 +0000 (09:32 -0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:21:34 +0000 (15:21 +0100)
commit6d991f569c5ef6eaeadf1238df2c36e3975233ad
tree1f2426e4f187c4339f485931e8106b18bd387dea
parent038ef0754aae76f79b147b8867f9250e6a976872
char: misc: deallocate static minor in error path

When creating sysfs files fail, the allocated minor must be freed such that
it can be later reused. That is specially harmful for static minor numbers,
since those would always fail to register later on.

Fixes: 6d04d2b554b1 ("misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250123123249.4081674-5-cascardo@igalia.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/char/misc.c