Re: [PATCH v2] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix potential memory leak in hd44780_remove()

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 12:59:28PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 12:45:39PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 04:44:21PM +0800, Jianglei Nie wrote:

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> > Fixes: 718e05ed92ec ("auxdisplay: Introduce hd44780_common.[ch]")
> > 
> > What you found has nothing to do with the issue. Issue has been introduced
> > later on.
> 
> Side note (mostly for Miguel): That series by Lars was indeed problematic.
> And I see now that he didn't get the parameter to the charlcd_alloc(). Now
> we have problem that your patch solves and dangling parameter in the struct
> charlcd_priv. So, I will restore charlcd_alloc() before his series (after
> this patch has been applied, because of the backport needs) for a new
> kernel development cycle.

FWIW, the
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250224173010.219024-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
has been just sent.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko