linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] drivers/mfd: drop frees of devm allocated data

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Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:24:48 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] drivers/mfd: drop frees of devm allocated data

Hi Julia,

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:36:06PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> devm_kfree should not have to be explicitly used.
> devm_regmap_init_i2c also does not require an explicit free.
> 
> The semantic patch that fixes the first problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression x,d;
> @@
> 
> x = devm_kzalloc(...)
> ...
> ?-devm_kfree(d,x);
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> ---
> v2: Removed over-eager optimization of some error-handling code.
> 
>  drivers/mfd/88pm800.c |    5 +----
>  drivers/mfd/88pm80x.c |   19 +++----------------
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
This one does not apply to my for-next branch, would you please mind rebasing
it against that branch ?

Cheers,
Samuel.

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