Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Oct 2005 16:12:41 +0300 (EEST) | From | Pekka J Enberg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] release_resource() check for NULL resource |
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Russell King wrote: > However, I think you missed my point though. release_resource() is > _not_ the counterpart of request_region(). It's the counter-part of > request_resource() which does not allocate any memory itself.
So what is the counter-part for request_region if it's not release_resource? As far as I can tell, release_region is marked as compatability cruft.
But anyway, my point is that dealing with NULL in many release functions is beneficial for releasing a partially initialized state.
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