linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: fixed: Use devm_regulator

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Message-ID: <CAKDJKT6FVx+mZ1AvD1CuW66AfUJsF9BavsPJAMfgkBz1GMqz4A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:59:12 +0530
From:	Manish Badarkhe <badarkhe.manish@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: fixed: Use devm_regulator_register

Hi

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 01:36:53PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 11:35:54PM +0530, Manish Badarkhe wrote:
>
>> > Use "devm_regulator_register" instead of "regulator_register"
>> > which simplifies the code.
>
>> ... and also breaks the driver: now you are freeing desc->name and
>> desc->supply_name while regulator structures are still alive and can be
>> referenced from its sysfs attributes, etc.
>
> Yup, they need to be converted to managed allocations too if the
> regulator_register() is going to be converted (see previous discussions
> on similar patches).  It would be good to do so.

Thank you for pointing this out.
I missed to convert these two " desc->name" and "desc->supply_name"
to manage allocation. I will modify code and repost patch.

Regards
Manish Badarkhe
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