linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: replace kfree with put

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Message-ID: <20140210111349.GA21522@lee--X1>
Date:	Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:13:49 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Cc:	'Andrew Morton' <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	'Levente Kurusa' <levex@...ux.com>,
	'LKML' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard' <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	'Tomi Valkeinen' <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	'FBDEV list' <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Bryan Wu' <cooloney@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: replace kfree with put_device

> > As per the comments on device_register, we shouldn't call kfree()
> > right after a device_register() failure. Instead call put_device(),
> > which in turn will call bl_device_release resulting in a kfree to the
> > full structure.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>
> 
> (+cc Bryan Wu, Lee Jones)
> 
> Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>

Applied to temporary Backlight repo [1], thanks.

[1] git://git.linaro.org/people/lee.jones/backlight.git

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