linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] spi/bcm63xx: Ensure that memory is freed only after it is no longer used

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Message-ID: <20120813122934.GB13446@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:29:35 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] spi/bcm63xx: Ensure that memory is freed only after
 it is no longer used

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 01:56:27PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> The call to spi_unregister_master() in the device remove function frees device
> memory, and with it any device local data. However, device local data is still
> accessed after the call to spi_unregister_master().

Applied, thanks.
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