[PATCH] drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c: convert kfree to devm_kfree
Sergei Shtylyov
sshtylyov at mvista.com
Tue Dec 11 13:26:48 EST 2012
Hello.
On 12/11/2012 04:08 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:
>>> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr>
>>> The function at91_dt_node_to_map is ultimately called by the function
>>> pinctrl_get, which is an exported function. Since it is possible that this
>>> function is not called from within a probe function, for safety, the kfree
>>> is converted to a devm_kfree, to both free the data and remove it from the
>>> device in a failure situation.
>>
>>> A newline is added in the call to devm_kfree to avoid exceeding the 80
>>
>> devm_kzalloc() you mean?
> Yes, sorry. Should I send a new patch?
Up to the maintainer I guess...
> thanks,
> julia
WBR, Sergei
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