linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/w1: free the w1_master at w1_free

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:06:52 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/w1: free the w1_master at w1_free_dev and
 return a correct return value

Hi

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 09:47:59PM +0530, Devendra Naga (devendra.aaru@...il.com) wrote:
> the w1_master pointer is allced at the w1_alloc_master and is not freed when called with
> w1_remove_master.
> 
> when w1_alloc_dev fails the return should be -ENODEV as it does
> device_register, and that is the last case where that function
> will fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>

Hmm, looks correct, but I wonder how whatever_free() function happend
not to free its arguments.

Looks like device_unregister() calls release callback, but we do not
provide one.

Greg, please pull it into your tree. Thank you.
Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>

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	Evgeniy Polyakov
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