Re: [PATCH] backlight: replace kfree with put_device
From: Bryan Wu <hidden>
Date: 2014-02-10 17:37:55
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From: Bryan Wu <hidden>
Date: 2014-02-10 17:37:55
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Lee Jones [off-list ref] wrote:
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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
Great, I think we can put the Git URL into the MAINTAINS file for Backlight subsystem after your finalize the git repo. Thanks, -Bryan
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