Hi Inki,
> > > @@ -469,8 +469,6 @@ static int vidi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > if (ctx->raw_edid != (struct edid *)fake_edid_info) {
> > > kfree(ctx->raw_edid);
> > > ctx->raw_edid = NULL;
> > > -
> > > - return -EINVAL;
> >
> > It doesn't look right to me, I think the correct patch should be:
> >
> > - if (ctx->raw_edid != (struct edid *)fake_edid_info) {
> > - kfree(ctx->raw_edid);
> > - ctx->raw_edid = NULL;
> > -
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > - }
> > -
> > + ctx->raw_edid = NULL;
> >
> > because "ctx->raw_edid" points to a non allocated memory in the
> > .data segment and you cannot free it.
> >
> > A follow-up cleanup should be to remove the "const" from
> > fake_edid_info because you are assigning its address to pointers
> > (raw_edid), so that what's the point for having it const? You are
> > just fooling the compiler :)
>
> Thanks for review comment.
>
> "ctx->raw_edid != fake_edid_info" means that the edid sent by the user through
> the ictl system call - vidi_connection_ioctl - is used instead of fake one -
> face_edid_info.
> In this case, ctx->raw_edid object needs to be released because ctx->raw_edid
> object is allocated and the edid object sent by user is copied to the ctx-
> >raw_edid by kmemdup(). :)
yes... yes... I sent you another e-mail after this :)
Thanks,
Andi
