The patch titled
driver core: unbork device_release()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
driver-core-unbork-device_release.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: driver core: unbork device_release()
From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
dev->release() may free struct dev itself. To free dev->p
in safe way, remember dev->p.
Appears to be a fix against
commit 33930cd1ccf6cf8c6124dc147d70641eb5d89a19
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Dec 16 12:23:36 2008 -0800
driver core: create a private portion of struct device
Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/base/core.c~driver-core-unbork-device_release drivers/base/core.c
--- a/drivers/base/core.c~driver-core-unbork-device_release
+++ a/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static struct sysfs_ops dev_sysfs_ops =
static void device_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
+ struct device_private *p = dev->p;
if (dev->release)
dev->release(dev);
@@ -116,11 +117,13 @@ static void device_release(struct kobjec
dev->type->release(dev);
else if (dev->class && dev->class->dev_release)
dev->class->dev_release(dev);
- else
+ else {
WARN(1, KERN_ERR "Device '%s' does not have a release() "
"function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
dev_name(dev));
- kfree(dev->p);
+ return;
+ }
+ kfree(p);
}
static struct kobj_type device_ktype = {
_
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