Re: [PATCH v3.1 4/4] of/platform: Use platform_device interface

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On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 01:52:10PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> of_platform_device_create_pdata() was using of_device_add() to create
> the devices, but of_platform_device_destroy was using
> platform_device_unregister() to free them.
> 
> of_device_add(), do not call insert_resource(), which initializes the
> parent field of the resource structure, needed by release_resource(),
> called by of_platform_device_destroy(). This leads to a NULL pointer
> deference.
> 
> Instead of fixing the NULL pointer deference, what could hide other bugs,
> this patch, replaces of_device_add() with platform_device_data().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> v3.1 Fix comments by Rob Herring, thanks!

3.1?

Please resend the whole series, this is a mess, I can't find where this
goes at all...

greg k-h
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