On 04/19/2016 08:33 AM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Marek,
>
> Am 18.04.2016 um 19:16 schrieb Marek Vasut:
>> On 04/17/2016 12:08 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>> On 14/04/16 21:01, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>> On 04/14/2016 05:48 PM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>>>>> After successful touchscreen registration the input device was
>>>>> never freed. So fix this issue by using devm_input_allocate_device().
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> drivers/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c | 8 ++------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c
>>>>> index 33051b8..0576953 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c
>>>>> @@ -1109,12 +1109,11 @@ static int mxs_lradc_ts_register(struct mxs_lradc *lradc)
>>>>> {
>>>>> struct input_dev *input;
>>>>> struct device *dev = lradc->dev;
>>>>> - int ret;
>>>>>
>>>>> if (!lradc->use_touchscreen)
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>>
>>>>> - input = input_allocate_device();
>>>>> + input = devm_input_allocate_device(dev);
>>>>> if (!input)
>>>>> return -ENOMEM;
>>>>>
>>>>> @@ -1134,11 +1133,8 @@ static int mxs_lradc_ts_register(struct mxs_lradc *lradc)
>>>>>
>>>>> lradc->ts_input = input;
>>>>> input_set_drvdata(input, lradc);
>>>>> - ret = input_register_device(input);
>>>>> - if (ret)
>>>>> - input_free_device(lradc->ts_input);
>>>>>
>>>>> - return ret;
>>>>> + return input_register_device(input);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> static void mxs_lradc_ts_unregister(struct mxs_lradc *lradc)
>>>>>
>>>> Nice find.
>>>>
>>>> Looks like at91_adc.c and exynos_adc.c suffer from the exact same issue.
>>>> The leak looks a bit more severe on exynos even, exynos_adc_ts_init()
>>>> could use a proper fail path. Do you want to send patches or shall I ?
>>>>
>>> As this has been there a long time I'm not going to rush it in as a fix.
>> I did take a proper look today and it seems they do the right thing
>> afterall. I checked them with kmemleak too to be sure.
>
> thanks, input_unregister_device already free the memory.
>
> Sorry for the mess :-(
>
> I think it would be the best to remove / revert this patch.
This one? Why exactly? Please elaborate some more, so it's possible to
understand the reasoning :)
--
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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