Re: [RFC PATCH] device: Add kernel standard devm_k.alloc functions

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Oct 18 2013 - 19:03:29 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:04:11AM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> > A handful of boot panics on ARM platforms were bisected to point at
> > the version of this commit that's in linux-next (commit
> > 64c862a839a8db2c02bbaa88b923d13e1208919d). Reverting this commit
> > makes things happy again.
> >
> > Upon further digging, it seems that users of devres_alloc() are
> > relying on the previous behavior of having the memory zero'd which is
> > no longer the case after $SUBJECT patch. The change below on top of
> > -next makes these ARM boards happy again.
>
> Oops, it should've fixed __devres_alloc() also. Updated patch below.

Can you send this in a format that I can apply it in? It was whitespace
damaged.

thanks,

greg k-h
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