linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] auxdisplay: panel: Fix an API misuse in panel.c

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Message-ID: <Z7x2wJIHi8l4J003@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:40:16 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Willy Tarreau <willy@...roxy.com>,
	Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@...il.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] auxdisplay: panel: Fix an API misuse in panel.c

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 02:36:25PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko 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.

As discussed with Geert in another similar change this would also need
Fixes: 718e05ed92ec ("auxdisplay: Introduce hd44780_common.[ch]")

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko