Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] regulator: MAX77686: Add Maxim 77686 regulator driver

[jonghwa3.lee@samsung.com]

On 2012년 05월 22일 06:06, David Rientjes wrote:

> On Mon, 21 May 2012, Jonghwa Lee wrote:
>> +static __devinit int max77686_pmic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> +{
>> +	struct max77686_dev *iodev = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
>> +	struct max77686_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(iodev->dev);
>> +	struct regulator_dev **rdev;
>> +	struct max77686_data *max77686;
>> +	struct regulator_init_data **init_data;
>> +	int i, size;
>> +	int ret = 0;
>> +	struct regulator_config config;
>> +	unsigned int data = 0;
>> +
>> +	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
>> +
>> +	max77686 = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct max77686_data),
>> +				GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!max77686)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +	size = sizeof(struct regulator_dev *) * MAX77686_REGULATORS;
>> +	max77686->rdev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, size, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!max77686->rdev)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> Does this leak max77686?
>


It uses devm_kzalloc which automatically frees memory allocation when
the driver is detached. So we don't need to worry about it.

 
>> +
>> +	rdev = max77686->rdev;
>> +	max77686->dev = &pdev->dev;
>> +	max77686->iodev = iodev;
>> +	if (pdata)
>> +		max77686->num_regulators = pdata->num_regulators;
>> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, max77686);
>> +	init_data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
>> +				sizeof(struct regulator_init_data *)
>> +					 * MAX77686_REGULATORS, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> No error handling, which will cause a NULL pointer later when you use this 
> array.
> 


Okay, now i applied it.

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Thanks and Regard