linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/21] fbcon: Extract fbcon

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Message-ID: <YfxJ7D70hjwYxuau@ravnborg.org>
Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2022 22:32:28 +0100
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, Du Cheng <ducheng2@...il.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Claudio Suarez <cssk@...-c.es>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/21] fbcon: Extract fbcon_open/release helpers

Hi Daniel,

> 
> > +	kfree(ops->cursor_state.mask);
> > +	kfree(ops->cursor_data);
> > +	kfree(ops->cursor_src);
> > +	kfree(ops->fontbuffer);
> > +	kfree(oldinfo->fbcon_par);
> > +	oldinfo->fbcon_par = NULL;
> These all look like candidates to stuff into fbcon_release()
> That would drop the nice symmetry but make it more consistent.
> 
> I think we miss freeing ops->cursor_data in fbcon_exit(),
> but I did not follow all the code.

We agree as I can see this was done in a later patch.

	Sam