[RFC PATCH] device: Add kernel standard devm_k.alloc functions

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 05:59:56AM -0700, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 19:57 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:52:46PM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> >> > Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> >> >
> >> > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:04:11AM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> >> > >> > A handful of boot panics on ARM platforms were bisected to point at
> >> > >> > the version of this commit that's in linux-next (commit
> >> > >> > 64c862a839a8db2c02bbaa88b923d13e1208919d).  Reverting this commit
> >> > >> > makes things happy again.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Upon further digging, it seems that users of devres_alloc() are
> >> > >> > relying on the previous behavior of having the memory zero'd which is
> >> > >> > no longer the case after $SUBJECT patch.  The change below on top of
> >> > >> > -next makes these ARM boards happy again.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Oops, it should've fixed __devres_alloc() also.  Updated patch below.
> >> > >
> >> > > Can you send this in a format that I can apply it in?  It was whitespace
> >> > > damaged.
> >> >
> >> > hmm, sorry about that.  This one should work, though I wonder if Andrew
> >> > should pick this up since I think the patch that causes the breakage
> >> > came through his tree.
> >>
> >> No, the patch is in my tree, not Andrew's.
> >>
> >> Joe, can I get a signed-off-by for this?
> >
> > If you want.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net>
> 
> 
> Greg, would you mind picking this up? It's still broken in -next and I
> don't want it to mask other issues that might be introduced.

I picked it up early this morning already, so it will be in the next
-next whenever it gets created...

thanks,

greg k-h