linux-kernel - Re: request_region/release

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Message-ID: <20110204213806.GB1336@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:38:06 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: request_region/release_resource

On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 09:25:15PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Is there any circumstance in which it is ok to call release_resource on 
> the result of calling request(_mem)_region?  One issue is that 
> release_resource doesn't free its argument, but then what if the call to 
> release_resource is followed by a call to kfree?

Ick, not nice things I think :(

Care to fix it up?

thanks,

greg k-h
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