linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c: Convert release_resource to release_region/release_mem

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Message-ID: <1297723344.5929.28.camel@calx>
Date:	Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:42:24 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...xity.net>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c: Convert
 release_resource to release_region/release_mem_region

On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 13:12 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Request_region should be used with release_region, not release_resource.
> 
> The local variable mem, storing the result of request_mem_region, is
> dropped and instead the pointer res is stored in the drvdata field of the
> platform device.  This information is retrieved in omap_rng_remove to
> release the region.  The drvdata field is not used elsewhere.
> 
> The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

Looks ok to me, Herbert?

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