While there is no issue currently with the resources allocation, the code may still be made more robust by deallocating message in the ->release() callback. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c index 03e7f104aa1a..310e9bfb41ae 100644 --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c @@ -188,8 +188,16 @@ static struct attribute *linedisp_attrs[] = { }; ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(linedisp); +static void linedisp_release(struct device *dev) +{ + struct linedisp *linedisp = container_of(dev, struct linedisp, dev); + + kfree(linedisp->message); +} + static const struct device_type linedisp_type = { .groups = linedisp_groups, + .release = linedisp_release, }; /** @@ -253,7 +261,6 @@ void linedisp_unregister(struct linedisp *linedisp) { device_del(&linedisp->dev); del_timer_sync(&linedisp->timer); - kfree(linedisp->message); put_device(&linedisp->dev); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(linedisp_unregister); -- 2.43.0.rc1.1.gbec44491f096