Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers/video/backlight/wm831x_bl.c: use devm_functions

From: Mark Brown
Date: Sat Jan 21 2012 - 07:33:51 EST


On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:25:29PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> The various devm_ functions allocate memory that is released when a driver
> detaches. This patch uses these functions for data that is allocated in
> the probe function of a platform device and is only freed in the remove
> function.

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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