From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Magnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] release_firmware() fixes
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:05:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1152126304.4260.30.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060705062033.6692.14131.sendpatchset@cherry.local>
Hi Magnus,
> Use release_firmware() to free requested resources.
>
> According to Documentation/firmware_class/README the request_firmware() call
> should be followed by a release_firmware(). Some drivers do not however free
> the firmware previously allocated with request_firmware(). This patch tries to
> fix this by making sure that release_firmware() is used as expected.
thanks for catching these. I even overlooked one one in my own drivers.
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Regards
Marcel
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2006-07-05 6:18 [PATCH] release_firmware() fixes Magnus Damm
2006-07-05 19:05 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
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