devm_kfree should not have to be explicitly used. The Coccinelle semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
// <smpl> @@ expression x,d; @@ x = devm_kzalloc(...) ... ?-devm_kfree(d,x); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <[email protected]> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c index 4a000f6..af673f5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c @@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ struct cpdma_chan *cpdma_chan_create(struct cpdma_ctlr *ctlr, int chan_num, spin_lock_irqsave(&ctlr->lock, flags); if (ctlr->channels[chan_num]) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctlr->lock, flags); - devm_kfree(ctlr->dev, chan); return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY); } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
