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* [PATCH] arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c: eliminated unneeded free_irq
@ 2012-03-15  8:01 Julia Lawall
  2012-03-15  8:09 ` walter harms
  2012-03-15  8:38 ` Guan Xuetao
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2012-03-15  8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Guan Xuetao; +Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>

The device remains functional if the second request_irq fails, so the first
one should not be freed.

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>

---
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c
index ae441bc..6184ff2 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ int __init puv3_init_dma(void)
 
 	ret = request_irq(IRQ_DMAERR, dma_err_handler, 0, "DMAERR", NULL);
 	if (ret) {
+		/* the device remains function if this fails, so don't free
+		   the previously allocated irq */
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "Can't register IRQ for DMAERR\n");
-		free_irq(IRQ_DMA, "DMA");
 		return ret;
 	}
 

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