[PATCH v2 -next] fsi: aspeed: Use devm_kfree in aspeed_master_release()

Guenter Roeck linux at roeck-us.net
Tue Nov 12 01:17:47 AEDT 2019


On 11/8/19 7:36 PM, YueHaibing wrote:
> 'aspeed' is allocated by devm_kzalloc(), it should not be
> freed by kfree().
> 
> Fixes: 1edac1269c02 ("fsi: Add ast2600 master driver")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing at huawei.com>
> ---
> v2: fix log typos
> ---
>   drivers/fsi/fsi-master-aspeed.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/fsi/fsi-master-aspeed.c b/drivers/fsi/fsi-master-aspeed.c
> index 3dd82dd..0f63eec 100644
> --- a/drivers/fsi/fsi-master-aspeed.c
> +++ b/drivers/fsi/fsi-master-aspeed.c
> @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static void aspeed_master_release(struct device *dev)
>   	struct fsi_master_aspeed *aspeed =
>   		to_fsi_master_aspeed(dev_to_fsi_master(dev));
>   
> -	kfree(aspeed);
> +	devm_kfree(dev, aspeed);
>   }
>   
>   /* mmode encoders */
> 
Same question as before: Why is there a release function in the first place ?

Guenter



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