The patch titled Subject: drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c: use devm_ functions has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-video-backlight-atmel-pwm-blc-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: drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c: 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> Acked-by: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c~drivers-video-backlight-atmel-pwm-blc-use-devm_-functions drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c --- a/drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c~drivers-video-backlight-atmel-pwm-blc-use-devm_-functions +++ a/drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c @@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ static int atmel_pwm_bl_probe(struct pla struct atmel_pwm_bl *pwmbl; int retval; - pwmbl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct atmel_pwm_bl), GFP_KERNEL); + pwmbl = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct atmel_pwm_bl), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!pwmbl) return -ENOMEM; @@ -202,7 +203,6 @@ err_free_gpio: err_free_pwm: pwm_channel_free(&pwmbl->pwmc); err_free_mem: - kfree(pwmbl); return retval; } @@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ static int __exit atmel_pwm_bl_remove(st pwm_channel_free(&pwmbl->pwmc); backlight_device_unregister(pwmbl->bldev); platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL); - kfree(pwmbl); return 0; } _ Subject: Subject: drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c: use devm_ functions Patches currently in -mm which might be from jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx are drivers-video-backlight-atmel-pwm-blc-use-devm_-functions.patch drivers-video-backlight-ot200_blc-use-devm_-functions.patch drivers-video-backlight-lm3533_blc-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