[PATCH] simplefb: Disable and release clocks and regulators in destroy callback

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Wed Sep 7 04:12:20 PDT 2016


On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at csie.org> wrote:
> simplefb gets unregister when a proper framebuffer driver comes in and
> kicks it out. However the claimed clocks and regulators stay enabled
> as they are only released in the platform device remove function, which
> in theory would never get called.
>
> Move the clock/regulator cleanup into the framebuffer destroy callback,
> which gets called as part of the framebuffer unregister process.

Is this called before or after the new proper framebuffer driver kicks in?
If before, it may cause glitches.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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