linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: dgnc: use tty_alloc

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Message-ID: <20160321210532.GE9749@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:05:32 -0400
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
Cc:	lidza.louina@...il.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: dgnc: use tty_alloc_driver instead of
 kcalloc

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 01:29:00PM +0900, Daeseok Youn wrote:
> the tty_alloc_driver() can allocate memory for ttys and termios.
> And also it can release allocated memory easly with using
> put_tty_driver().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>

But you broke the driver in the previous patch, you can't do that, each
patch has to be 'stand-alone'.

thanks,

greg k-h