linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] x86: fix error return sequence in __ioremap

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Message-ID: <20091108111506.GL11372@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:15:06 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] x86: fix error return sequence in __ioremap_caller


* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 18:43 -0800, Xiaotian Feng wrote:
> > kernel missed to free memtype if get_vm_area_caller failed in __ioremap_caller.
> > This patch introduces error path to fix this and cleanup the repetitive error
> > return sequence.  
> 
> Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
> 
> Thanks Xiaotian.

Thanks guys - queued it up for Linus.

	Ingo
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