On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 12:08:24AM +0100, Christopher Heiny wrote: > On 01/23/2014 04:00 PM, Courtney Cavin wrote: > > Devices use a kobject to manage references, do not delete the memory > > while still referenced. Instead, call put_device() to release the > > reference. > > This is an interesting idea, but it should be done consistently for all > the device types. >
This is not an idea, just a bugfix. The kernel will segfault on failure in which results in the kfree(). I didn't notice any other device_register() calls which have this particular issue, but I might have missed something. > > > > Cc: Christopher Heiny <[email protected]> > > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Courtney Cavin <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c | 8 +++++--- > > drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.c | 6 +----- > > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c > > index 8a939f3..cd7bfbd 100644 > > --- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c > > +++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c > > @@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ int rmi_register_transport_device(struct > > rmi_transport_dev *xport) > > return -EINVAL; > > } > > > > - rmi_dev = devm_kzalloc(xport->dev, > > - sizeof(struct rmi_device), GFP_KERNEL); > > + rmi_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rmi_device), GFP_KERNEL); > > if (!rmi_dev) > > return -ENOMEM; > > > > @@ -112,8 +111,10 @@ int rmi_register_transport_device(struct > > rmi_transport_dev *xport) > > rmi_physical_setup_debugfs(rmi_dev); > > > > error = device_register(&rmi_dev->dev); > > - if (error) > > + if (error) { > > + put_device(&rmi_dev->dev); > > return error; > > + } > > > > dev_dbg(xport->dev, "%s: Registered %s as %s.\n", __func__, > > pdata->sensor_name, dev_name(&rmi_dev->dev)); > > @@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ int rmi_register_function(struct rmi_function *fn) > > dev_err(&rmi_dev->dev, > > "Failed device_register function device %s\n", > > dev_name(&fn->dev)); > > + put_device(&fn->dev); > > goto error_exit; > > } > > > > diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.c > > b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.c > > index 5c6379c..4965589 100644 > > --- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.c > > +++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_driver.c > > @@ -557,15 +557,11 @@ static int create_function(struct rmi_device *rmi_dev, > > > > error = rmi_register_function(fn); > > if (error) > > - goto err_free_mem; > > + return error; > > > > list_add_tail(&fn->node, &data->function_list); > > > > return 0; > > - > > -err_free_mem: > > - kfree(fn); > > - return error; > > } > > > > /* > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
