[PATCH] ARM: mmp: Fix failure to remove sram device
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Fri Feb 25 07:40:22 PST 2022
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 1:14 PM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de> wrote:
>
> [adding soc at kernel.org to Cc]
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 10:01:58PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Make sure in .probe() to set driver data before the function is left to
> > make it possible in .remove() to undo the actions done.
> >
> > This fixes a potential memory leak and stops returning an error code in
> > .remove() that is ignored by the driver core anyhow.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
>
> This problem is still real and the patch not applied. Who feels
> responsible to pick this up?
I've picked it up manually now, thank you for looping us in.
Note that I almost missed it again though, if you really want my attention,
send the patch to:soc at kernel.org so it makes it into patchwork. At that
point, I'll have to either apply it or actively discard the patch from there.
Arnd
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