Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 May 2012 13:48:31 +0100 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 12/13] backlight: tosa_bl: use devm_ functions |
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On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:43:07AM +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com> wrote:
> > The devm_ functions allocate memory that is released when a driver > > detaches. This patch uses devm_kzalloc of these functions.
> Strictly speaking I see no point in this changes. There are no > 'missing free' problems > in these drivers, the code path is clean enough. Is devm_kzalloc usage some kind > of policy, or it is just a future-proof change?
It does provide robustness against future changes and it's also the more current style; if nothing else it helps anyone who wants to go and audit for leaks.
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