Re: [RFC PATCH v6 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver

[Dmitry Osipenko]

04.04.2020 04:25, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
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> +static int tegra_vi_tpg_channels_alloc(struct tegra_vi *vi)
> +{
> +	struct tegra_vi_channel *chan, *tmp;
> +	unsigned int port_num;
> +	unsigned int nchannels = vi->soc->vi_max_channels;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	for (port_num = 0; port_num < nchannels; port_num++) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Do not use devm_kzalloc as memory is freed immediately
> +		 * when device instance is unbound but application might still
> +		 * be holding the device node open. Channel memory allocated
> +		 * with kzalloc is freed during video device release callback.
> +		 */
> +		chan = kzalloc(sizeof(*chan), GFP_KERNEL);

Why anyone would want to unbind this driver in practice?

I think it should make more sense to set suppress_bind_attrs=true.