linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] parport: modify parport subsystem to use devicemodel

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Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:45:00 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Willy Tarreau <willy@...a-x.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] parport: modify parport subsystem to use devicemodel

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 02:50:55PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> <snip>
> > > +	tmp->name = name;
> > 
> > I wonder who frees this name variable.  My concern is that it gets
> > freed before we are done using it or something.  (I have not looked at
> > the details).
> it will be done in free_port() the release callback of parport device.

That doesn't work.  Some of the callers pass a string literal.

regards,
dan carpenter

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