linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: free allocated pinctrl_map structure only once and use kernel facilities for IMX_PMX

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:07:02 +0530
From:	"devendra.aaru" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: free allocated pinctrl_map structure only
 once and use kernel facilities for IMX_PMX_DUMP

Anybody Please??

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com> wrote:
> a) as we allocate the pinctrl_map structure at imx_dt_node_to_map at  line 167, anyway
> if its an element, or a num_elements * (sizeof(type)) elements allocated to one single
> pointer must be freed only once.
>
> CASE. A)
>
> as new_map is not moved and allocated like,
>
> for (i = 0; i < MAX_ELEMS; i++) {
>        new_map[i] = kmalloc(numelems * size, GFP_KERNEL);
> }
>
> its freed as
>
> for (i = 0; i < MAX_ELEMS; i++) {
>        kfree(new_map[i]);
> }
>
> CASE. B)
> and its allocated like
>        new_map = kmalloc(numelems * size, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> it just needs kfree not as case A's.
>
> b) use KERN_DEBUG facility for the IMX_PMX_DUMP macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-imx.c |   23 +++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-imx.c
> index f6e7c67..553ed95 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-imx.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-imx.c
> @@ -27,16 +27,16 @@
>  #include "core.h"
>  #include "pinctrl-imx.h"
>
> -#define IMX_PMX_DUMP(info, p, m, c, n)         \
> -{                                              \
> -       int i, j;                               \
> -       printk("Format: Pin Mux Config\n");     \
> -       for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {               \
> -               j = p[i];                       \
> -               printk("%s %d 0x%lx\n",         \
> -                       info->pins[j].name,     \
> -                       m[i], c[i]);            \
> -       }                                       \
> +#define IMX_PMX_DUMP(info, p, m, c, n)                 \
> +{                                                      \
> +       int i, j;                                       \
> +       printk(KERN_DEBUG "Format: Pin Mux Config\n");  \
> +       for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {                       \
> +               j = p[i];                               \
> +               printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s %d 0x%lx\n",      \
> +                       info->pins[j].name,             \
> +                       m[i], c[i]);                    \
> +       }                                               \
>  }
>
>  /* The bits in CONFIG cell defined in binding doc*/
> @@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ static void imx_dt_free_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
>  {
>        int i;
>
> -       for (i = 0; i < num_maps; i++)
> -               kfree(map);
> +       kfree(map);
>  }
>
>  static struct pinctrl_ops imx_pctrl_ops = {
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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