Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] suppress "Device nodeX does not have a release()function" warning

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 2:46 AM,  <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When calling unregister_node(), the function shows following message at
> device_release().
>
> "Device 'node2' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must
> be fixed."
>
> The reason is node's device struct does not have a release() function.
>
> So the patch registers node_device_release() to the device's release()
> function for suppressing the warning message. Additionally, the patch adds
> memset() to initialize a node struct into register_node(). Because the node
> struct is part of node_devices[] array and it cannot be freed by
> node_device_release(). So if system reuses the node struct, it has a garbage.
>
> CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I still think node array should be converted node pointer array and
node_device_release() free memory as other typical drivers.
However, this is acceptable as first step.

Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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