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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:56:57 +0200
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Fix memory leak in
 regulator_resolve_supply()

Hello Mark,

On 07/15/2015 05:52 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 02:46:25PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> On 07/15/2015 01:27 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
>>> using _regulator_get() I think.  A separate, rarely used, path is likely
>>> to have this sort of issue.
> 
>> Exactly, do you agree then that a try_module_get() is missing in set_supply()?
> 
>> It is OK if I add that in the same patch in v2 or do you prefer that to be
>> in a separate patch?
> 
> A separate patch would be better, or even better would be something that
> just replaces everything there with use of the same code path as _get()
> (thanks for volunteering!) but just adding the try_module_get() is fine
> for now.
> 

I already posted a v2 of the series which adds a try_module_get() as a
separate patch but I'll add to my TODO list at factoring out both code
paths as a follow-up.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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