linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: serio

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:11:59 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: serio - fix blocking of parport

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 05:18:08PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 06:53:21PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > If parkbd_allocate_serio() fails to allocate memory we are releasing the
> > parport but we missed unregistering the device. As a result this device
> > with exclusive access to that parport remains registered. And no other
> > device will be able to use that parport even though this driver has
> > failed to load.
> > 
> > Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 2.6.32+
> > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
> 
> Applied, but I dropped stable annotation - since noone complained about
> this and the issue is in error path that is unlikely anyway, I do not
> think we need to bother stable guys with it.
Ok. Thanks.
BTW, I have two more patches waiting for your review.
1) Input: cyapa: remove variable overwriting
2) Input: omap-keypad: fix memory leak

Did you get a chance to have a look at them?

regards
sudip
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