Linux Virtualization - Nov 2017 - [PATCH] virtio: release virtio index when fail to device_register

index can be reused by other virtio device.

Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping at didichuxing.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
index 48230a5..bf7ff39 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ int register_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
 	/* device_register() causes the bus infrastructure to look for a
 	 * matching driver. */
 	err = device_register(&dev->dev);
+	if (err)
+		ida_simple_remove(&virtio_index_ida, dev->index);
 out:
 	if (err)
 		virtio_add_status(dev, VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FAILED);
-- 
2.9.4