Re: [PATCH 5/8] phy: core: Fix error path in phy_create()

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I]

Hi,

On Tuesday 08 July 2014 07:15 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 12:18:22PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> From: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>
>>
>> Prevent resources from being freed twice in case device_add() call
>> fails within phy_create(). Also use ida_simple_remove() instead of
>> ida_remove() as we had used ida_simple_get() to allocate the ida.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/phy/phy-core.c |    7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Is this a problem in older kernels as well?

yeah. Will send it for stable kernel.

Thanks
Kishon
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