Re: [PATCH] drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c: use devm_ functions consistently

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On 08/24/2012 01:35 PM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>> @@ -1073,21 +1043,13 @@ static int __devexit spear_smi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  		ret = mtd_device_unregister(&flash->mtd);
>>  		if (ret)
>>  			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error removing mtd\n");
>> -
>> -		iounmap(flash->base_addr);
>> -		kfree(flash);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
>> -	free_irq(irq, dev);
> 
> I guess 'platform_get_irq()' should be killed as well? Stefan, this is
> strange code - we get irq, without checking for error, and then free it?
> What is the rationale?

Yes, this seems bogus. platform_get_irq() definitely should be removed
from spear_smi_remove().

>>  	clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);
>> -	clk_put(dev->clk);
>> -	iounmap(dev->io_base);
>> -	kfree(dev);
>>  
>>  	smi_base = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
>> -	release_mem_region(smi_base->start, resource_size(smi_base));
>>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
> 
> Why do we set platform data to NULL, is this needed?

It seems to be common practice to use this call to clear the drvdata in
the driver remove function. I have to admit, that I'm not sure if its
really needed though.

Thanks,
Stefan
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