On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:56:29PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 07:00:28PM -0800, Alison Schofield wrote: > > Using iio_trigger_put() to free a trigger leads to release of > > a resource we never held. Replace with iio_trigger_free(). > > They're basically the same except iio_trigger_put() puts the module and > the device and free only puts the device. > > I've looked at this briefly, but I can't figure out how iio_trigger_get/ > iio_trigger_put is supposed to be used. There isn't any documentation. > I'm trying to review this code, but I can't figure out where we *are* > supposed to be doing the put. > > For example, iio_device_unregister_trigger_consumer() takes a put, but > iio_device_register_trigger_consumer() doesn't do a get... It's all > very confusing. > > You seem like you know what's going on. Can we get some documentation? > Dan, Although I'm comfortable within the bounds of this fix (pair the alloc & free's and do not _put the module resource we never _get'd) beyond that, not so much. I'm just figuring it out myself. linux-iio experts...pointers, help? alisons > > > > Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Patches to use devm_* funcs are ready to follow this for > > the interrupt & bfin-timer triggers. > > > > drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c | 4 ++-- > > drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c | 2 +- > > drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c | 4 ++-- > > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c > > index 572bc6f..b18e50d 100644 > > --- a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c > > +++ b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c > > @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int iio_interrupt_trigger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > error_free_trig_info: > > kfree(trig_info); > > error_put_trigger: > > - iio_trigger_put(trig); > > + iio_trigger_free(trig); > > > We could rename this label. > > regards, > dan carpenter > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
