[PATCH v3 2/2] iio: twl6030-gpadc: TWL6030, TWL6032 GPADC driver

Lars-Peter Clausen lars at metafoo.de
Mon Jul 15 21:33:53 EST 2013


On 07/15/2013 01:09 PM, Kozaruk, Oleksandr wrote:
[...]
> 
>>> +     ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, irq, NULL,
>>> +                                     twl6030_gpadc_irq_handler,
>>> +                                     IRQF_ONESHOT, "twl6030_gpadc", gpadc);
>>
>> You access memory in the interrupt handler which is freed before the interrupt
>> handler is freed.
> Thanks for pointing this. devm_* will free memory for irq after the driver
> is removed and memory for the device is freed. I took me awhile to understand
> this. Is there going to be something like devm_iio_device_alloc? whould it be helpfull?
> 

Yes, I think it certainly makes sense to add a devm_iio_device_alloc(), care
to send a patch?


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