pon., 24 wrz 2018 o 13:23 Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevche...@linux.intel.com> napisaƂ(a):
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:11:50PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > Use devm_kstrdup_const() in the pmc-atom driver. This mostly serves as
> > an example of how to use this new routine to shrink driver code.
> >
> > While we're at it: replace a call to kcalloc() with devm_kcalloc().
>
> > @@ -352,8 +344,6 @@ static int plt_clk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >               goto err_drop_mclk;
> >       }
> >
> > -     plt_clk_free_parent_names_loop(parent_names, data->nparents);
> > -
> >       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
> >       return 0;
>
> I don't think this is a good example.
>
> You changed a behaviour here in the way that you keep all chunks of memory
> (even small enough for pointers) during entire life time of the driver, which
> pretty likely would be forever till next boot.
>
> In the original case the memory was freed immediately in probe either it fails
> or returns with success.
>
> NAK, sorry.
>
>

I see.

I'd like to still merge patches 1-3 and then I'd come up with better
examples for the next release cycle once these are in?

Bart

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