From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756146Ab2EVIZu (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2012 04:25:50 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f174.google.com ([209.85.217.174]:47372 "EHLO mail-lb0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752167Ab2EVIZq (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2012 04:25:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:25:42 +0200 From: Johan Hovold To: Jingoo Han Cc: "'Andrew Morton'" , "'LKML'" , "'Richard Purdie'" , "'Johan Hovold'" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] backlight: lm3533_bl: use devm_ functions Message-ID: <20120522082542.GA7323@localhost> References: <002d01cd3732$e667d7b0$b3378710$%han@samsung.com> <000501cd37ae$161bf2e0$4253d8a0$%han@samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000501cd37ae$161bf2e0$4253d8a0$%han@samsung.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 09:01:49AM +0900, Jingoo Han wrote: > The devm_ functions allocate memory that is released when a driver > detaches. This patch uses devm_kzalloc of these functions. > > Cc: Johan Hovold > Cc: Richard Purdie > Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han Acked-by: Johan Hovold Thanks, Johan > --- > drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c | 8 ++------ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c > index 0148227..d916ffe 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c > @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int __devinit lm3533_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > return -EINVAL; > } > > - bl = kzalloc(sizeof(*bl), GFP_KERNEL); > + bl = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*bl), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!bl) { > dev_err(&pdev->dev, > "failed to allocate memory for backlight\n"); > @@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ static int __devinit lm3533_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > &lm3533_bl_ops, &props); > if (IS_ERR(bd)) { > dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register backlight device\n"); > - ret = PTR_ERR(bd); > - goto err_free; > + return PTR_ERR(bd); > } > > bl->bd = bd; > @@ -348,8 +347,6 @@ err_sysfs_remove: > sysfs_remove_group(&bd->dev.kobj, &lm3533_bl_attribute_group); > err_unregister: > backlight_device_unregister(bd); > -err_free: > - kfree(bl); > > return ret; > } > @@ -367,7 +364,6 @@ static int __devexit lm3533_bl_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > lm3533_ctrlbank_disable(&bl->cb); > sysfs_remove_group(&bd->dev.kobj, &lm3533_bl_attribute_group); > backlight_device_unregister(bd); > - kfree(bl); > > return 0; > }