Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sm501fb: Fix deallocation of buffers order

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Apr 20 2021 - 03:19:22 EST


On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 06:35:17PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> The resource release in sm501fb_remove() is not in the inverse order of
> sm501fb_probe(), for the buffers. Release the info object after
> deallocating the buffers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
> index 6a52eba64559..4c32c9e88850 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
> @@ -2060,11 +2060,11 @@ static int sm501fb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> unregister_framebuffer(fbinfo_pnl);
>
> sm501fb_stop(info);
> - kfree(info);
>
> framebuffer_release(fbinfo_pnl);
> framebuffer_release(fbinfo_crt);
>
> + kfree(info);
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

There is no function change here at all, please stop it with pointless
patches.

greg k-h