Re: [PATCH 1/4] parport: modify parport subsystem to use devicemodel

Dan Carpenter
2015-04-15T09:45:42Z

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 02:50:55PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> <snip>
> > > + tmp->name = name;
> >
> > I wonder who frees this name variable. My concern is that it gets
> > freed before we are done using it or something. (I have not looked at
> > the details).
> it will be done in free_port() the release callback of parport device.

That doesn't work. Some of the callers pass a string literal.

regards,
dan carpenter