linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c: Convert release_resource to release_region/release_mem

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:47:12 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>, Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...xity.net>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c: Convert
	release_resource to release_region/release_mem_region

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 04:42:24PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 13:12 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Request_region should be used with release_region, not release_resource.
> > 
> > The local variable mem, storing the result of request_mem_region, is
> > dropped and instead the pointer res is stored in the drvdata field of the
> > platform device.  This information is retrieved in omap_rng_remove to
> > release the region.  The drvdata field is not used elsewhere.
> > 
> > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> Looks ok to me, Herbert?

Yes I will apply it today.

Thanks,
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