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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/w1: free the w1_master at w1_free_dev and return a correct return value
Hi

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 09:47:59PM +0530, Devendra Naga (devendra.aaru@gmail.com) wrote:
> the w1_master pointer is allced at the w1_alloc_master and is not freed when called with
> w1_remove_master.
>
> when w1_alloc_dev fails the return should be -ENODEV as it does
> device_register, and that is the last case where that function
> will fail.
>
> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@gmail.com>

Hmm, looks correct, but I wonder how whatever_free() function happend
not to free its arguments.

Looks like device_unregister() calls release callback, but we do not
provide one.

Greg, please pull it into your tree. Thank you.
Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>

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Evgeniy Polyakov


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