The memory allocated using request_mem_region should be released using release_mem_region, not release_region. The semantic patch that fixes part of this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression E1,E2,E3; @@ request_mem_region(E1,E2,E3) ... ?- release_region(E1,E2) + release_mem_region(E1,E2) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c index b86bc32..558dd7d 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ cleanup1: mrst_rtc.dev = NULL; rtc_device_unregister(mrst_rtc.rtc); cleanup0: - release_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start); + release_mem_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start); dev_err(dev, "rtc-mrst: unable to initialise\n"); return retval; } @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static void __exit rtc_mrst_do_remove(struct device *dev) mrst->rtc = NULL; iomem = mrst->iomem; - release_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start); + release_mem_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start); mrst->iomem = NULL; mrst->dev = NULL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html