From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> devm_kzalloc allocates memory that is released when a driver detaches. This patch uses devm_kzalloc 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/nfc/nfcwilink.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c b/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c index 50b1ee4..c7c182d 100644 --- a/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c +++ b/drivers/nfc/nfcwilink.c @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int nfcwilink_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) nfc_dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "probe entry"); - drv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nfcwilink), GFP_KERNEL); + drv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct nfcwilink), GFP_KERNEL); if (!drv) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto exit; @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static int nfcwilink_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (!drv->ndev) { nfc_dev_err(&pdev->dev, "nci_allocate_device failed"); rc = -ENOMEM; - goto free_exit; + goto exit; } nci_set_parent_dev(drv->ndev, &pdev->dev); @@ -566,9 +566,6 @@ static int nfcwilink_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) free_dev_exit: nci_free_device(drv->ndev); -free_exit: - kfree(drv); - exit: return rc; } @@ -588,8 +585,6 @@ static int nfcwilink_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) nci_unregister_device(ndev); nci_free_device(ndev); - kfree(drv); - dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, NULL); return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html