linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: Move driver

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Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 2014 13:58:15 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: Move driver_data back to struct device

On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 10:53:22AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Having to allocate memory as part of dev_set_drvdata() is a problem
> because that memory may never get freed if the device itself is not
> created. So move driver_data back to struct device.
> 
> This is a partial revert of commit b4028437.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
> Greg, we discussed that back in January (in a thread named "Freeing of
> dev->p") but I did not hear back from you and I can't see this fix in
> your driver-core tree.

Thanks for doing this, I'll queue this up after -rc1 is out.  I still
have that thread in my TODO list, unfortunatly, higher-priority items
keep bumping it down :(

greg k-h
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