linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] extcon: Change field type of 'dev' in extcon

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Date:	Sun, 1 Sep 2013 17:38:07 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, myungjoo.ham@...sung.com,
	kyungmin.park@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] extcon: Change field type of 'dev' in extcon_dev
 structure

On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:20:07AM +0900, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
> -	edev->dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!edev->dev)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -	edev->dev->parent = dev;
> -	edev->dev->class = extcon_class;
> -	edev->dev->release = extcon_dev_release;
> +	edev->dev.parent = dev;
> +	edev->dev.class = extcon_class;
> +	edev->dev.release = extcon_dev_release;

You didn't change extcon_dev_release() to properly free all of the
memory you allocated here, otherwise the slab allocator will oops when
you try to call it...

thanks,

greg k-h
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