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." The reason is memory_block's device struct does not have a release() function. So the patch registers memory_block_release() to the device's release() function for suppressing the warning message. Additionally, the patch moves kfree(mem) into the release function since the release function is prepared as a means to free a memory_block struct. CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@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 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-3.6/drivers/base/memory.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.6.orig/drivers/base/memory.c 2012-10-11 11:37:33.404668048 +0900 +++ linux-3.6/drivers/base/memory.c 2012-10-11 11:38:27.865672989 +0900 @@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ void unregister_memory_isolate_notifier( } EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_memory_isolate_notifier); +static void memory_block_release(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->dev.bus = &memory_subsys; memory->dev.id = memory->start_section_nr / sections_per_block; + memory->dev.release = memory_block_release; error = device_register(&memory->dev); return error; @@ -630,7 +638,6 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long no mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_device); mem_remove_simple_file(mem, removable); unregister_memory(mem); - kfree(mem); } else kobject_put(&mem->dev.kobj); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>