Re: [PATCH] drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c: convert kfree todevm_kfree

From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
Date: Wed Dec 12 2012 - 12:08:36 EST


On 15:22 Wed 12 Dec , Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> The function at91_dt_node_to_map is ultimately called by the function
> pinctrl_get, which is an exported function. Since it is possible that this
> function is not called from within a probe function, for safety, the kfree
> is converted to a devm_kfree, to both free the data and remove it from the
> device in a failure situation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
J.
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