Hi Arnd,
On December 5, 2014 2:33:11 AM PST, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thursday 04 December 2014 04:23:44 vishnupatekar wrote:
>> +
>> +struct sunxips2data {
>> + int irq;
>> + spinlock_t ps2_lock;
>> + void __iomem *base_address; /* virt address of control registers*/
>> + struct serio *serio; /* serio*/
>> + struct device *dev;
>> + struct clk *pclk;
>> +};
>
>As this is dynamically allocated, better embed the serio member
>directly to avoid allocating both separately.
That would be wrong - serio is refcounted and it may outlive instance of sunxips2data you embedded it into.
Thanks.
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Dmitry
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