linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: mvebu: Don't free chip label memory

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Message-ID: <CACRpkda7vn++n1TVZdPFjDvnSJGgX8axN7eA3-9xBetMf=eNKA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:27:45 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: mvebu: Don't free chip label memory

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:53:20 +0100, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de> wrote:
>> The gpio_chip.label field is a const char * and assigned the value of a
>> call to dev_name(). Memory obtained from dev_name() should not be freed
>> by drivers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
>
> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>

Yepps, patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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