Use the devm version of gpiochip_add_data and pass on the return value. This avoids memory leak due to gpiochip_add_data in case the driver is unbound. Signed-off-by: Keerthy <j-keerthy@xxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: * Restoring the previous values of ctrl_num and bank_base in case of an error. drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c index 65cb359..27499ec 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int davinci_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset) static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) { static int ctrl_num, bank_base; - int gpio, bank; + int gpio, bank, ret = 0; unsigned ngpio, nbank; struct davinci_gpio_controller *chips; struct davinci_gpio_platform_data *pdata; @@ -232,10 +232,20 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) for (gpio = 0, bank = 0; gpio < ngpio; gpio += 32, bank++) chips->regs[bank] = gpio_base + offset_array[bank]; - gpiochip_add_data(&chips->chip, chips); + ret = devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &chips->chip, chips); + if (ret) + goto err; + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, chips); davinci_gpio_irq_setup(pdev); return 0; + +err: + /* Revert the static variable increments */ + ctrl_num--; + bank_base -= ngpio; + + return ret; } /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html