cpufreq: Explain the kobject_put() in cpufreq_policy_alloc() (2acb9bda) · Commits · 戴 / test

It may not be particularly clear why the kobject_put() after failing kobject_init_and_add() in cpufreq_policy_alloc() is not redundant, so add a comment to explain that. Signed-off-by:

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Acked-by:

Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c

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		@@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu)
		cpufreq_global_kobject, "policy%u", cpu);
		if (ret) {
		pr_err("%s: failed to init policy->kobj: %d\n", __func__, ret);
		/*
		* The entire policy object will be freed below, but the extra
		* memory allocated for the kobject name needs to be freed by
		* releasing the kobject.
		*/
		kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
		goto err_free_real_cpus;
		}

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