linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Crypto: mv_cesa: Switch to using managed resources

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Date:   Sun, 13 Nov 2016 19:19:10 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Nadim Almas <nadim.902@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Crypto: mv_cesa: Switch to using managed resources

Nadim Almas <nadim.902@...il.com> wrote:
> Switch to resource-managed function devm_kzalloc instead
> of kzalloc and remove unneeded kfree
> 
> Also, remove kfree in probe function and remove
> function, mv_remove as it is now has nothing to do.
> The Coccinelle semantic patch used to make this change is as follows:
> //<smpl>
> @platform@
> identifier p, probefn, removefn;
> @@
> struct platform_driver p = {
> .probe = probefn,
> .remove = removefn,
> };
> 
> @prb@
> identifier platform.probefn, pdev;
> expression e, e1, e2;
> @@
> probefn(struct platform_device *pdev, ...) {
> <+...
> - e = kzalloc(e1, e2)
> + e = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, e1, e2)
> ...
> ?-kfree(e);
> ...+>
> }
> @rem depends on prb@
> identifier platform.removefn;
> expression prb.e;
> @@
> removefn(...) {
> <...
> - kfree(e);
> ...>
> }
> //</smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nadim Almas <nadim.902@...il.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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