Re: [PATCH v2] iio: trigger: free trigger resource correctly

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 01/22/2017 03:25 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 20/01/17 03:47, Alison Schofield wrote:
>> These stand-alone trigger drivers were using iio_trigger_put()
>> where they should have been using iio_trigger_free().  The
>> iio_trigger_put() adds a module_put which is bad since they
>> never did a module_get.
>>
>> In the sysfs driver, module_get/put's are used as triggers are
>> added & removed. This extra module_put() occurs on an error path
>> in the probe routine (probably rare).
>>
>> In the bfin-timer & interrupt trigger drivers, the module resources
>> are not explicitly managed, so it's doing a put on something that
>> was never get'd.  It occurs on the probe error path and on the
>> remove path (not so rare).
>>
>> Tested with the sysfs trigger driver.
>> The bfin & interrupt drivers were build tested & inspected only.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@xxxxxxxxx>
> This is certainly more consistent. 
> Lars, could you sanity check as well given the bfin timer is
> in here.

looks good.