[PATCH] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix an API misuse in hd44780_probe()
From: Haoxiang Li
Date: Mon Feb 24 2025 - 04:54:51 EST
Variable "lcd" allocated by charlcd_alloc() should be
released by charlcd_free(). The following patch changed
kfree(lcd) to charlcd_free(lcd) to fix an API misuse.
Fixes: 718e05ed92ec ("auxdisplay: Introduce hd44780_common.[ch]")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c
index 0526f0d90a79..a1729196bc82 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int hd44780_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
fail3:
kfree(hd);
fail2:
- kfree(lcd);
+ charlcd_free(lcd);
fail1:
kfree(hdc);
return ret;
--
2.25.1