linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 3.18 22/22] mfd: menelaus: Fix possible race condition and leak

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Date:   Thu, 1 Nov 2018 01:27:08 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 3.18 22/22] mfd: menelaus: Fix possible race
 condition and leak

Hello,

On 31/10/2018 19:12:06-0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> -	m->rtc = rtc_device_register(DRIVER_NAME,
> -			&m->client->dev,
> -			&menelaus_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
> -	if (IS_ERR(m->rtc)) {
> +	err = rtc_register_device(m->rtc);

This appeared in v4.13, this will not compile on v3.18.

> +	if (err) {
>  		if (alarm) {
>  			menelaus_remove_irq_work(MENELAUS_RTCALM_IRQ);
>  			device_init_wakeup(&m->client->dev, 0);
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

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