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* [PATCH] power: 88pm860x: fix invalid free of devm_* allocated data
@ 2013-03-17  6:18 Silviu-Mihai Popescu
  2013-04-01  6:36 ` Anton Vorontsov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Silviu-Mihai Popescu @ 2013-03-17  6:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: cbou, dwmw2, Silviu-Mihai Popescu

The objects allocated by devm_* APIs are managed by devres and are freed
when the device is detached. There is no need to use kfree() explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Silviu-Mihai Popescu <silviupopescu1990@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c b/drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c
index 4b37a5a..d7ceeac 100644
--- a/drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ out_irq:
 	while (--i >= 0)
 		free_irq(info->irq[i], info);
 out:
-	kfree(info);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.9.5


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* Re: [PATCH] power: 88pm860x: fix invalid free of devm_* allocated data
  2013-03-17  6:18 [PATCH] power: 88pm860x: fix invalid free of devm_* allocated data Silviu-Mihai Popescu
@ 2013-04-01  6:36 ` Anton Vorontsov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Anton Vorontsov @ 2013-04-01  6:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Silviu-Mihai Popescu; +Cc: linux-kernel, dwmw2

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 08:18:43AM +0200, Silviu-Mihai Popescu wrote:
> The objects allocated by devm_* APIs are managed by devres and are freed
> when the device is detached. There is no need to use kfree() explicitly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Silviu-Mihai Popescu <silviupopescu1990@gmail.com>
> ---

Jingoo Han sent a similar patch earlier...

Anyway, thanks!

Anton

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