The charlcd_free() is a counterpart to charlcd_alloc()
and should be called symmetrically on tear down.
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevche...@linux.intel.com>
---
drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c | 6 ++++++
include/misc/charlcd.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
index 60e0b772673f..882be08ddad5 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
@@ -818,6 +818,12 @@ struct charlcd *charlcd_alloc(unsigned int drvdata_size)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(charlcd_alloc);
+void charlcd_free(struct charlcd *lcd)
+{
+ kfree(lcd);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(charlcd_free);
+
static int panel_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long code,
void *unused)
{
diff --git a/include/misc/charlcd.h b/include/misc/charlcd.h
index 23f61850f363..1832402324ce 100644
--- a/include/misc/charlcd.h
+++ b/include/misc/charlcd.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct charlcd_ops {
};
struct charlcd *charlcd_alloc(unsigned int drvdata_size);
+void charlcd_free(struct charlcd *lcd);
int charlcd_register(struct charlcd *lcd);
int charlcd_unregister(struct charlcd *lcd);
--
2.20.1
