linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] mtd: bcm47: convert kzalloc to avoid invalid access

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 2013 09:57:25 +0200
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Libo Chen <clbchenlibo.chen@...wei.com>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com,
	Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>, hauke@...ke-m.de,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] mtd: bcm47: convert kzalloc to avoid invalid access

2013/5/30 Libo Chen <clbchenlibo.chen@...wei.com>:
> mtd is just member of bcm47xxsflash, so we should free bcm47xxsflash not its member.
> So I use devm_kazlloc instead of kazlloc to avoid it.

I think you should use
mtd: bcm47xxsflash:
prefix for both patches, but Artem or David may want to comment on that.

Nice trick with that devm_kzalloc, I didn't know it.

-- 
Rafał
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