linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix an API misuse in hd44780.c

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUM18v5zyvQ5YZWRhN5Ppn8ks5LGxrjOX1GHy=hC3SD3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:30:47 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com>
Cc: andy@...nel.org, u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de, erick.archer@...look.com, 
	ojeda@...nel.org, w@....eu, poeschel@...onage.de, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix an API misuse in hd44780.c

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 11:16, Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com> wrote:
> Variable allocated by charlcd_alloc() should be released
> by charlcd_free(). The following patch changed kfree() to
> charlcd_free() to fix an API misuse.
>
> Fixes: 718e05ed92ec ("auxdisplay: Introduce hd44780_common.[ch]")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Merge the two patches into one.
> - Modify the patch description.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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