cxl_getfile(): fix double-iput() on alloc_file() failures

Doing iput() after path_put() is wrong.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
index 753b1a698fc4..6b16946f9b05 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ static struct file *cxl_getfile(const char *name,
         d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 
         file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops);
-        if (IS_ERR(file))
-                goto err_dput;
+        if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+                path_put(&path);
+                goto err_fs;
+        }
         file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK);
         file->private_data = priv;
 
         return file;
 
-err_dput:
-        path_put(&path);
 err_inode:
         iput(inode);
 err_fs: