linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmem: core: Prevent memory leak when device is unregistered

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 12:10:28 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
Cc:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmem: core: Prevent memory leak when device is
 unregistered

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 02:33:55PM -0700, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:13 AM, Mika Westerberg
> <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > The nvmem_unregister() calls device_del() for the device but forgets to
> > call put_device() to actually release the device object which causes
> > that memory to be leaked.
> >
> > Fix this by calling device_unregister() for the device intead which also
> > calls put_device() for the device releasing it eventually.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> 
> FWIW, I submitted similar fix for this here:
> 
> lkml.kernel.org/r/20170418142454.23921-2-andrew.smirnov@...il.com

Cool, let's go with that one instead then :)