On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:45 AM, <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When calling remove_memory_block(), the function shows following message at
> device_release().
>
> Device 'memory528' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must
> be fixed.
>
> remove_memory_block() calls kfree(mem). I think it shouled be called from
> device_release(). So the patch implements memory_block_release()
Why do you think so? This is terribly bad change log. it has almost
zero information.
We can't review it.
>
> CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/memory.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> index 7dda4f7..da457e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> @@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ void unregister_memory_isolate_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_memory_isolate_notifier);
>
> +static void release_memory_block(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + struct memory_block *mem = container_of(dev, struct memory_block, dev);
> +
> + kfree(mem);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block
> */
> @@ -80,6 +87,7 @@ int register_memory(struct memory_block *memory)
>
> memory->dev.bus = &memory_subsys;
> memory->dev.id = memory->start_section_nr / sections_per_block;
> + memory->dev.release = release_memory_block;
>
> error = device_register(&memory->dev);
> return error;
> @@ -630,7 +638,6 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long node_id, struct mem_section *section,
> mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_device);
> mem_remove_simple_file(mem, removable);
> unregister_memory(mem);
> - kfree(mem);
> } else
> kobject_put(&mem->dev.kobj);
>
> --
> 1.7.1
>
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