Re: [PATCH] backlight: replace kfree with put_device

From: Lee Jones
Date: Mon Feb 10 2014 - 06:14:03 EST


> > As per the comments on device_register, we shouldn't call kfree()
> > right after a device_register() failure. Instead call put_device(),
> > which in turn will call bl_device_release resulting in a kfree to the
> > full structure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> (+cc Bryan Wu, Lee Jones)
>
> Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to temporary Backlight repo [1], thanks.

[1] git://git.linaro.org/people/lee.jones/backlight.git

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