The patch titled Subject: drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c: drop devm_kfree of devm_kzalloc'd data has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-video-backlight-88pm860x_blc-drop-devm_kfree-of-devm_kzallocd-data.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/88pm860x_bl.c: drop devm_kfree of devm_kzalloc'd data devm_kfree() allocates memory that is released when a driver detaches. Thus, there is no reason to explicitly call devm_kfree() in probe or remove functions. Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c~drivers-video-backlight-88pm860x_blc-drop-devm_kfree-of-devm_kzallocd-data drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c --- a/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c~drivers-video-backlight-88pm860x_blc-drop-devm_kfree-of-devm_kzallocd-data +++ a/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c @@ -208,22 +208,19 @@ static int pm860x_backlight_probe(struct res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_REG, "duty cycle"); if (!res) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No REG resource for duty cycle\n"); - ret = -ENXIO; - goto out; + return -ENXIO; } data->reg_duty_cycle = res->start; res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_REG, "always on"); if (!res) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No REG resorce for always on\n"); - ret = -ENXIO; - goto out; + return -ENXIO; } data->reg_always_on = res->start; res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_REG, "current"); if (!res) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No REG resource for current\n"); - ret = -ENXIO; - goto out; + return -ENXIO; } data->reg_current = res->start; @@ -263,8 +260,6 @@ static int pm860x_backlight_probe(struct return 0; out_brt: backlight_device_unregister(bl); -out: - devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, data); return ret; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch backlight-da903x_bl-use-dev_get_drvdata-instead-of-platform_get_drvdata.patch backlight-88pm860x_bl-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-atmel-pwm-bl-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-corgi_lcd-fix-checkpatch-error-and-warning.patch backlight-da903x_bl-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-generic_bl-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-hp680_bl-fix-checkpatch-error-and-warning.patch backlight-ili9320-fix-checkpatch-error-and-warning.patch backlight-jornada720-fix-checkpatch-error-and-warning.patch backlight-l4f00242t03-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-lm3630-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-locomolcd-fix-checkpatch-error-and-warning.patch backlight-omap1-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-pcf50633-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-platform_lcd-fix-checkpatch-error.patch backlight-tdo24m-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-tosa-fix-checkpatch-error-and-warning.patch backlight-vgg2432a4-fix-checkpatch-warning.patch backlight-lms283gf05-use-devm_gpio_request_one.patch backlight-tosa-use-devm_gpio_request_one.patch drivers-video-backlight-da9052_blc-add-missing-const.patch drivers-video-backlight-lms283gf05c-add-missing-const.patch drivers-video-backlight-tdo24mc-add-missing-const.patch drivers-video-backlight-vgg2432a4c-add-missing-const.patch drivers-video-backlight-s6e63m0c-remove-unnecessary-cast-of-void-pointer.patch drivers-video-backlight-88pm860x_blc-drop-devm_kfree-of-devm_kzallocd-data.patch backlight-max8925-drop-devm_kfree-of-devm_kzallocd-data.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