linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] dma: mic_x100_dma: use devm

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Date:   Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:16:53 +0530
From:   Vinod <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Huang Shijie <sjhuang@...vatar.ai>
Cc:     sudeep.dutt@...el.com, ashutosh.dixit@...el.com,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dma: mic_x100_dma: use devm_kzalloc to fix an issue

On 22-08-18, 10:40, Huang Shijie wrote:
> The following patch introduced an issue.
>     commit f6206f00d8c5 ("dmaengine: mic_x100_dma: use the new helper to simplify the code")
> 
> This issue is :
> 
> 	kfree(mic_dma_dev)
> 	.....
> 	dma_async_device_unregister(mic_dma_dev->device);
> 
> Free the memory, and use it again.
> 
> So use devm_kzalloc to allocate mic_dma_dev to fix it.
> 
> When the Devres try to release the resources, it will call release at the
> following order:
> 
> 	dma_async_device_unregister(mic_dma_dev->device);
> 	.....
> 	kfree(mic_dma_dev)

After fixing the subsystem name, applied thanks
-- 
~Vinod