Re: [PATCH 1/8] arch/mips/txx9: introduce missing kfree, iounmap

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On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:03:42 +0200 (CEST), Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +out_pdev:
> > +	platform_device_put(pdev);
> > +out_gpio:
> > +	gpio_remove(&iocled->chip);
> 
> I just noticed that the prototype of gpio_remove has __must_check
> I don't think there is anything to check here; since the thing is not 
> fully initialized here, it is unlikely to be busy.  Should there be (void) 
> in front of it?

The void casting does not silence the warning.  How about this?

	if (gpiochip_remove(&iocled->chip))
		return;

In general, memory leak would be less serious than crash or data
corruption ;)

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Atsushi Nemoto
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