linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] mfd: Stop setting refcounting pointers in original mfd

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Date:	Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:48:04 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] mfd: Stop setting refcounting pointers in original
 mfd_cell arrays

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Note that there's another issue in mfd_add_devices(): if the first call to
> mfd_add_device() fails, the array of atomic_t objects will never be freed,
> as no child devices have been registered to the parent yet, and thus
> mfd_remove_devices() won't find anything to remove nor free.

This was actually not that difficult to fix, so I've just sent out a patch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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