>> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c >> index 7ae2ced..71e901d 100644 >> --- a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c >> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c >> @@ -723,10 +723,10 @@ static int redrat3_transmit_ir(struct rc_dev *rcdev, unsigned *txbuf, >> { >> struct redrat3_dev *rr3 = rcdev->priv; >> struct device *dev = rr3->dev; >> - struct redrat3_irdata *irdata = NULL; >> + struct redrat3_irdata *irdata; >> int ret, ret_len; >> int lencheck, cur_sample_len, pipe; >> - int *sample_lens = NULL; >> + int *sample_lens; >> u8 curlencheck; >> unsigned i, sendbuf_len; >> >> @@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static int redrat3_transmit_ir(struct rc_dev *rcdev, unsigned *txbuf, >> irdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*irdata), GFP_KERNEL); >> if (!irdata) { >> ret = -ENOMEM; >> - goto out; >> + goto free_sample; >> } >> >> /* rr3 will disable rc detector on transmit */ >> @@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static int redrat3_transmit_ir(struct rc_dev *rcdev, unsigned *txbuf, >> curlencheck++; >> } else { >> ret = -EINVAL; >> - goto out; >> + goto reset_member; >> } >> } >> irdata->sigdata[i] = lencheck; >> @@ -811,14 +811,12 @@ static int redrat3_transmit_ir(struct rc_dev *rcdev, unsigned *txbuf, >> dev_err(dev, "Error: control msg send failed, rc %d\n", ret); >> else >> ret = count; >> - >> -out: >> - kfree(irdata); >> - kfree(sample_lens); >> - >> +reset_member: >> rr3->transmitting = false; >> /* rr3 re-enables rc detector because it was enabled before */ >> - >> + kfree(irdata); >> +free_sample: >> + kfree(sample_lens); > > In this error path, rr3->transmitting is not set to false Can it be that this reset is not needed because it should have still got this value already in the software refactoring I proposed here? > so now the driver will never allow you transmit again. I have got an other impression. > Also this patch does not apply against latest. Do you want that I rebase my update suggestion for this software module on a published commit that is more recent than 2016-09-22 (d6ae162bd13998a6511e5efbc7c19ab542ba1555 for example)? Regards, Markus -- 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