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

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Oct 20 2013 - 03:38:47 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:52:46PM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> hmm, sorry about that. This one should work, though I wonder if Andrew
> should pick this up since I think the patch that causes the breakage
> came through his tree.

No, the patch is in my tree, not Andrew's.

Joe, can I get a signed-off-by for this?

thanks,

greg k-h
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