linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: tps65910: Fix using wrong dev argument for calling of_regulator

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:02:49 -0800
From:	gg <gg@...mlogic.co.uk>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Cc:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, AnilKumar Ch <anilkumar@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: tps65910: Fix using wrong dev argument
 for calling of_regulator_match

On 2013-01-23 20:45, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Thursday 24 January 2013 08:01 AM, Axel Lin wrote:
>> The dev parameter is the device requesting the data.
>> In this case it should be &pdev->dev rather than pdev->dev.parent.
>>
>> The dev parameter is used to call devm_kzalloc in 
>> of_get_regulator_init_data(),
>> which means this fixes a memory leak because the memory is allocated 
>> every time
>> probe() is called, thus it should be freed when this driver is 
>> unloaded.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>
>> ---
>
> Agree with the change.
> Acked-by: Laxman Dewangan<ldewangan@...dia.com>

Also agree.

Acked-by: Graeme Gregory <gg@...mlogic.co.uk>

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