On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 07:24:20AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > In preparation for modifying the util driver to fully conform to the > Linux Driver Model, perform some service specific de-initialization in > util_remove() as opposed to in exit_hyperv_utils() as is currently done. > > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c > index b86128a..2475ab2 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c > @@ -291,6 +291,30 @@ error: > static int util_remove(struct hv_device *dev, > const struct hv_vmbus_device_id *dev_id) > { > + int service = dev_id->driver_data; > + > + switch (service) { > + case HV_SHUTDOWN: > + kfree(shut_txf_buf); > + break; This switch and "static" pointers you need to free aren't needed at all if you do this code logic correctly (i.e. a per-device buffer.) {sigh} I'm stopping reviewing now, this is making me grumpy, someone owes me a bunch of beer... greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel