On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:00:25 +0100 Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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; We may as well clean this up too. --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c~drivers-rtc-rtc-mrstc-use-release_mem_region-after-request_mem_region-fix +++ a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mrst.c @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ cleanup1: cleanup0: dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL); mrst_rtc.dev = NULL; - release_mem_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start); + release_mem_region(iomem->start, resource_size(iomem)); dev_err(dev, "rtc-mrst: unable to initialise\n"); return retval; } @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static void __devexit rtc_mrst_do_remove mrst->rtc = NULL; iomem = mrst->iomem; - release_mem_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start); + release_mem_region(iomem->start, resource_size(iomem)); mrst->iomem = NULL; mrst->dev = NULL; _ which makes one wonder why we don't have void release_resource_mem(struct resource *r) { release_mem_region(r->start, resource_size(r)); } -- 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