Re: [PATCH] ARM: amba: Fix leak of driver_override attribute value

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 1:48 AM Trent Piepho <tpiepho@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If driver_override was set when a device was released the string would
> not be kfree'ed in amba_device_release and thus leaked when the amba
> device was freed.
>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 3cf385713460eb2b ("ARM: 8256/1: driver coamba: add device
binding path 'driver_override'")
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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