From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
The various devm_ functions allocate memory that is released when a driver
detaches. This patch uses these functions for data that is allocated in
the probe function of a platform device and is only freed in the remove
function.
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c
index 2e630bf..4911ea7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int __devinit adp5520_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct adp5520_bl *data;
int ret = 0;
- data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
if (data == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ static int __devinit adp5520_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (data->pdata == NULL) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing platform data\n");
- kfree(data);
return -ENODEV;
}
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ static int __devinit adp5520_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
&adp5520_bl_ops, &props);
if (IS_ERR(bl)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register backlight\n");
- kfree(data);
return PTR_ERR(bl);
}
@@ -326,7 +324,6 @@ static int __devinit adp5520_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register sysfs\n");
backlight_device_unregister(bl);
- kfree(data);
}
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bl);
@@ -348,7 +345,6 @@ static int __devexit adp5520_bl_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
&adp5520_bl_attr_group);
backlight_device_unregister(bl);
- kfree(data);
return 0;
}
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