linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging/comedi/drivers: release allocated I/O region if alloc

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:13:42 +0530
From:	"devendra.aaru" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
Cc:	Ian Abbott <ian.abbott@....co.uk>,
	Mori Hess <fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging/comedi/drivers: release allocated I/O region
 if alloc_private fails

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk> wrote:
> On 2012-07-01 14:36, Devendra Naga wrote:
>>
>> if alloc_private fail, we wont' release the I/O region,
>> which was request_region 'ed.
>>
>> release the allocated I/O region if alloc_private fails.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
>> ---
>
>
> No.  The I/O region will be deallocated in fl512_detach() because
> dev->iobase has been set non-zero.  fl512_detach() will be called by the
> comedi core if fl512_attach() returns an error.  This is an unusual aspect
> of the comedi drivers.
>
Oh, i didn't see the comedi core, i went and saw that its not freed
up, so actaully driver unload wont' be called if driver attach , probe
fail. so i started sending this patch.

Sorry.
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Devendra.
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