[PATCH 3.10 10/54] spi: Fix documentation of spi_alloc_master()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-10-18T02:51:39Z

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

commit a394d635193b641f2c86ead5ada5b115d57c51f8 upstream.

Actually, spi_master_put() after spi_alloc_master() must _not_ be followed
by kfree(). The memory is already freed with the call to spi_master_put()
through spi_master_class, which registers a release function. Calling both
spi_master_put() and kfree() results in often nasty (and delayed) crashes
elsewhere in the kernel, often in the networking stack.

This reverts commit eb4af0f5349235df2e4a5057a72fc8962d00308a.

Link to patch and concerns: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/3/269
or
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1209.0/00790.html

Alexey Klimov: This revert becomes valid after
94c69f765f1b4a658d96905ec59928e3e3e07e6a when spi-imx.c
has been fixed and there is no need to call kfree() so comment
for spi_alloc_master() should be fixed.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Klimov <alexey.klimov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/spi/spi.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,7 @@ static struct class spi_master_class = {
*
* The caller is responsible for assigning the bus number and initializing
* the master's methods before calling spi_register_master(); and (after errors
- * adding the device) calling spi_master_put() and kfree() to prevent a memory
- * leak.
+ * adding the device) calling spi_master_put() to prevent a memory leak.
*/
struct spi_master *spi_alloc_master(struct device *dev, unsigned size)
{