Re: [PATCH] backlight: replace kfree with put_device
From: Lee Jones <hidden>
Date: 2014-02-10 11:13:58
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From: Lee Jones <hidden>
Date: 2014-02-10 11:13:58
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As per the comments on device_register, we shouldn't call kfree() right after a device_register() failure. Instead call put_device(), which in turn will call bl_device_release resulting in a kfree to the full structure. Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <redacted>(+cc Bryan Wu, Lee Jones) Acked-by: Jingoo Han <redacted>
Applied to temporary Backlight repo [1], thanks. [1] git://git.linaro.org/people/lee.jones/backlight.git -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog