The Linux Kernel Mailing List
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: 함명주 <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
To: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: 최찬우 <cw00.choi@samsung.com>, 박경민 <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extcon: max8997: Add missing kfree for info->edev in max8997_muic_remove()
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:42:52 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3920966.545511339987371711.JavaMail.weblogic@epml17> (raw)

[-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --]
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain; charset=euc-kr, Size: 1838 bytes --]

> extcon_dev_unregister(info->edev) doest not free info->edev, we need to call
> kfree(info->edev) here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>

The patch is correct.

However, using devm_kzalloc at probe and removing kfree at remove appears to be much better.

Thank you.


Cheers!
MyungJoo.

> ---
>  drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c
> index 5ecf176..a4ed30b 100644
> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c
> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c
> @@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ static int __devexit max8997_muic_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	extcon_dev_unregister(info->edev);
>  
> +	kfree(info->edev);
>  	kfree(info);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
------
Sender : Axel Lin<axel.lin@gmail.com>
Date : 2012-06-16 22:25 (GMT+09:00)
Title : [PATCH] extcon: max8997: Add missing kfree for info->edev in max8997_muic_remove()

extcon_dev_unregister(info->edev) doest not free info->edev, we need to call
kfree(info->edev) here.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin 
---
drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c |    1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c
index 5ecf176..a4ed30b 100644
--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c
+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ static int __devexit max8997_muic_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

extcon_dev_unregister(info->edev);

+ kfree(info->edev);
kfree(info);

return 0;
-- 
1.7.9.5






--
MyungJoo Ham (ÇÔ¸íÁÖ), PHD
System S/W Lab, S/W Platform Team, Software Center
Samsung Electronics
Cell: +82-10-6714-2858ÿôèº{.nÇ+‰·Ÿ®‰­†+%ŠËÿ±éݶ\x17¥Šwÿº{.nÇ+‰·¥Š{±þG«éÿŠ{ayº\x1dʇڙë,j\a­¢f£¢·hšïêÿ‘êçz_è®\x03(­éšŽŠÝ¢j"ú\x1a¶^[m§ÿÿ¾\a«þG«éÿ¢¸?™¨è­Ú&£ø§~á¶iO•æ¬z·švØ^\x14\x04\x1a¶^[m§ÿÿÃ\fÿ¶ìÿ¢¸?–I¥

             reply	other threads:[~2012-06-18  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-18  2:42 함명주 [this message]
2012-06-18  2:54 ` [PATCH] extcon: max8997: Add missing kfree for info->edev in max8997_muic_remove() Axel Lin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-06-16 13:25 Axel Lin

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=3920966.545511339987371711.JavaMail.weblogic@epml17 \
    --to=myungjoo.ham@samsung.com \
    --cc=axel.lin@gmail.com \
    --cc=cw00.choi@samsung.com \
    --cc=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=kyungmin.park@samsung.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox