The patch titled Subject: backlight: ili9320: use devm_ functions has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is backlight-ili9320-use-devm_-functions.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: backlight: ili9320: use devm_ functions The devm_ functions allocate memory that is released when a driver detaches. This patch uses devm_kzalloc of these functions. Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.c~backlight-ili9320-use-devm_-functions drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.c --- a/drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.c~backlight-ili9320-use-devm_-functions +++ a/drivers/video/backlight/ili9320.c @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int __devinit ili9320_probe_spi(struct s /* allocate and initialse our state */ - ili = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ili9320), GFP_KERNEL); + ili = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(struct ili9320), GFP_KERNEL); if (ili == NULL) { dev_err(dev, "no memory for device\n"); return -ENOMEM; @@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ int __devinit ili9320_probe_spi(struct s lcd = lcd_device_register("ili9320", dev, ili, &ili9320_ops); if (IS_ERR(lcd)) { dev_err(dev, "failed to register lcd device\n"); - ret = PTR_ERR(lcd); - goto err_free; + return PTR_ERR(lcd); } ili->lcd = lcd; @@ -259,9 +258,6 @@ int __devinit ili9320_probe_spi(struct s err_unregister: lcd_device_unregister(lcd); - err_free: - kfree(ili); - return ret; } @@ -272,7 +268,6 @@ int __devexit ili9320_remove(struct ili9 ili9320_power(ili, FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN); lcd_device_unregister(ili->lcd); - kfree(ili); return 0; } _ Subject: Subject: backlight: ili9320: use devm_ functions Patches currently in -mm which might be from jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch backlight-adp8860-use-kstrtoul.patch backlight-adp8870-use-kstrtoul.patch backlight-adp5520-use-kstrtoul.patch backlight-use-pr_warn-and-pr_debug-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-use-pr_warn-and-pr_debug-instead-of-printk-fix.patch backlight-apple_bl-use-pr_debug-pr_err-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-apple_bl-use-pr_debug-pr_err-instead-of-printk-fix.patch backlight-cr_bllcd-use-pr_err-pr_info-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-cr_bllcd-use-pr_err-pr_info-instead-of-printk-fix.patch backlight-generic_bl-use-pr_info-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-generic_bl-use-pr_info-instead-of-printk-fix.patch backlight-jornada720-use-pr_err-pr_info-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-jornada720-use-pr_err-pr_info-instead-of-printk-fix.patch backlight-omap1-use-pr_info-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-omap1-use-pr_info-instead-of-printk-fix.patch backlight-progear-use-pr_err-instead-of-printk.patch backlight-progear-use-pr_err-instead-of-printk-fix.patch drivers-video-backlight-l4f00242t03c-use-pr_fmt.patch backlight-initialize-struct-backlight_properties-properly.patch backlight-adp8860-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-adp8870-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-ams369fg06-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-corgi_lcd-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-ili9320-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-l4f00242t03-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-ld9040-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-lms283gf05-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-ltv350qv-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-s6e63m0-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-tdo24m-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-tosa_bl-use-devm_-functions.patch backlight-tosa_lcd-use-devm_-functions.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html