linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: sysfs: fix memory leak in gpiod_export

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:29:08 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: sysfs: fix memory leak in gpiod_export_link

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:

> Fix memory leak in the gpio sysfs interface due to failure to drop
> reference to device returned by class_find_device when creating a link.
>
> Fixes: a4177ee7f1a8 ("gpiolib: allow exported GPIO nodes to be named
> using sysfs links")
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>     # v2.6.32
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

Patch applied.

Let's see if I get it into v3.19 properly...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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