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From: Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@linaro.org>
To: Shubhrajyoti Datta <omaplinuxkernel@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
	wim@iguana.be, patches@linaro.org, Anthony.Olech@diasemi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: da9052: Fix invalid free of devm_ allocated data
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:59:23 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50B44FB3.5090308@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM=Q2csrtLOCvQpkSfLfE3teCYU1GUzdVaBpuWwocLy2j-9Wuw@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/26/2012 06:31 PM, Shubhrajyoti Datta wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Tushar Behera
> <tushar.behera@linaro.org> wrote:
>> It is not required to free devm_ allocated data. Since kref_put
>> needs a valid release function, da9052_wdt_release_resources()
>> is not deleted.
>>
>> Fixes following warning.
>> drivers/watchdog/da9052_wdt.c:59:1-6: WARNING: invalid free of
>> devm_ allocated data
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/watchdog/da9052_wdt.c |    4 ----
>>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/da9052_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/da9052_wdt.c
>> index f7abbae..20071de 100644
>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/da9052_wdt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/da9052_wdt.c
>> @@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ static const struct {
>>
>>  static void da9052_wdt_release_resources(struct kref *r)
>>  {
>> -       struct da9052_wdt_data *driver_data =
>> -               container_of(r, struct da9052_wdt_data, kref);
>> -
>> -       kfree(driver_data);
> 
> However now the function will be empty right?
> 
> 

Yes, the function would be empty now. It is kept just to avoid the
run-time warning.

>>  }
>>
>>  static int da9052_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev,
>> --
>> 1.7.4.1
>>
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-- 
Tushar Behera

      reply	other threads:[~2012-11-27  5:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-22  4:43 [PATCH] watchdog: da9052: Fix invalid free of devm_ allocated data Tushar Behera
2012-11-26 13:01 ` Shubhrajyoti Datta
2012-11-27  5:29   ` Tushar Behera [this message]

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