Re: [PATCH -next] eeprom: idt_89hpesx: Drop kfree for memory allocated with devm_kzalloc

[Serge Semin]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 02:09:52PM +0000, Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> It's not necessary to free memory allocated with devm_kzalloc
> and using kfree leads to a double free.
> 
> Fixes: cfad6425382e ("eeprom: Add IDT 89HPESx EEPROM/CSR driver")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
> index 25d47d0..f5f2c5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
> @@ -1359,7 +1359,6 @@ static int idt_create_sysfs_files(struct idt_89hpesx_dev *pdev)
>  	pdev->ee_file->size = pdev->eesize;
>  	ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&dev->kobj, pdev->ee_file);
>  	if (ret != 0) {
> -		kfree(pdev->ee_file);
>  		dev_err(dev, "Failed to create EEPROM sysfs-node");
>  		return ret;
>  	}
> @@ -1381,9 +1380,6 @@ static void idt_remove_sysfs_files(struct idt_89hpesx_dev *pdev)
>  
>  	/* Remove EEPROM sysfs file */
>  	sysfs_remove_bin_file(&dev->kobj, pdev->ee_file);
> -
> -	/* Free memory allocated for bin_attribute structure */
> -	kfree(pdev->ee_file);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 

True point! Thanks for the patch.

Acked-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>