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/media/radio/radio-si4713.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-si4713.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-si4713.c index c54210c..5f366d1 100644 --- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-si4713.c +++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-si4713.c @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int radio_si4713_pdriver_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto exit; } - rsdev = kzalloc(sizeof *rsdev, GFP_KERNEL); + rsdev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rsdev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!rsdev) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to alloc video device.\n"); rval = -ENOMEM; @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int radio_si4713_pdriver_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) rval = v4l2_device_register(&pdev->dev, &rsdev->v4l2_dev); if (rval) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register v4l2 device.\n"); - goto free_rsdev; + goto exit; } adapter = i2c_get_adapter(pdata->i2c_bus); @@ -322,8 +322,6 @@ put_adapter: i2c_put_adapter(adapter); unregister_v4l2_dev: v4l2_device_unregister(&rsdev->v4l2_dev); -free_rsdev: - kfree(rsdev); exit: return rval; } @@ -342,7 +340,6 @@ static int __exit radio_si4713_pdriver_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) video_unregister_device(rsdev->radio_dev); i2c_put_adapter(client->adapter); v4l2_device_unregister(&rsdev->v4l2_dev); - kfree(rsdev); return 0; } -- 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