RE: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: menelaus: use devm_request_irq() anddevm_kzalloc()

From: Jingoo Han
Date: Wed Feb 20 2013 - 03:05:19 EST


On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:31 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> Hi Jongoo,
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 03:12:38PM +0900, Jingoo Han wrote:
> > Use devm_request_irq() and devm_kzalloc() to make cleanup paths
> > more simple.
> >
>
> ...
>
> > @@ -1269,9 +1266,7 @@ static int __exit menelaus_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> > {
> > struct menelaus_chip *menelaus = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> >
> > - free_irq(client->irq, menelaus);
> > flush_work(&menelaus->work);
> > - kfree(menelaus);
> > the_menelaus = NULL;
> > return 0;
>
> This conversion is certainly wrong - you really want to disable IRQ and
> then wait for the scheduled work to finish before freeing memory. Here
> you flush work but nothing stops IRQ from firing and scheduling that
> work again.

Yes, you're right.
I will use devm_free_irq() before flush_work().

>
> Please, be *extra* careful with devm_request_irq() conversions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry

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