linux-kernel - Re: [patch] power/max8925: freeing wrong variable

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Date:	Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:27:29 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] power/max8925: freeing wrong variable

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 08:40:16AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> We were freeing "info->battery" instead of "info->usb", which leads to
> an OOps and a resource leak.
> 
> The labels were wonky, "out_battery" did release the battery but out_usb
> did not release usb.  I was introducing a call to free usb so it sort
> conflicted with existing misleading name.  I renamed them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Thanks, queued.

-- Sebastian

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