From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: j-keerthy@ti.com (Keerthy) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:28:21 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: davinci: Use devm_gpiochip_add_data in place of gpiochip_add_data In-Reply-To: <20170719093722.GW29638@localhost> References: <1500375436-9435-1-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com> <1500375436-9435-2-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com> <20170719093722.GW29638@localhost> Message-ID: <32f70ccc-e52e-af86-87ec-f7a243d518b0@ti.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wednesday 19 July 2017 03:07 PM, Johan Hovold wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 04:27:13PM +0530, Keerthy wrote: >> Use the devm version of gpiochip_add_data and pass on the >> return value. Reset the static variables to 0 before returning. > > You need to describe not just what you do, but also why you it. In this > case, your fixing memory leaks and the gpio chip being left registered > if this driver is unbound. Sure i can add more description as mentioned above. > > Johan >