Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753625Ab3HPWPG (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:15:06 -0400 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:53186 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752984Ab3HPWPC (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:15:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:21:10 -0500 From: Josh Cartwright To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Grant Likely , Rob Herring , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, Sagar Dharia , Gilad Avidov , Michael Bohan Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] spmi: Linux driver framework for SPMI Message-ID: <20130816202110.GJ4035@joshc.qualcomm.com> References: <02deef1d90121011ab1df90ad704ef0ee36e2584.1376596224.git.joshc@codeaurora.org> <20130816184921.GB31510@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130816184921.GB31510@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2017 Lines: 63 On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:49:21AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 01:37:09PM -0700, Josh Cartwright wrote: > > +++ b/drivers/spmi/spmi.c > > @@ -0,0 +1,449 @@ [..] > > +static void spmi_ctrl_release(struct device *dev) > > +{ > > + struct spmi_controller *ctrl = to_spmi_controller(dev); > > + complete(&ctrl->dev_released); > > When is this memory going to be freed? > > Ah, you think it will be when you remove the device later on: > > > +int spmi_del_controller(struct spmi_controller *ctrl) > > +{ > > + struct spmi_controller *found; > > + > > + if (!ctrl) > > + return -EINVAL; > > + > > + /* Check that the ctrl has been added */ > > + mutex_lock(&board_lock); > > + found = idr_find(&ctrl_idr, ctrl->nr); > > + mutex_unlock(&board_lock); > > + > > + if (found != ctrl) > > + return -EINVAL; > > + > > + spmi_dfs_del_controller(ctrl); > > + > > + /* Remove all the clients associated with this controller */ > > + mutex_lock(&board_lock); > > + bus_for_each_dev(&spmi_bus_type, NULL, ctrl, spmi_ctrl_remove_device); > > + idr_remove(&ctrl_idr, ctrl->nr); > > + mutex_unlock(&board_lock); > > + > > + init_completion(&ctrl->dev_released); > > + device_unregister(&ctrl->dev); > > + wait_for_completion(&ctrl->dev_released); > > But you just leaked memory, right? > > You should never have to wait for this to happen, why did you need to > add this? Why not just a simple call to kfree() in the release > function? Unfortunately, the reason why this was necessary may be lost to history. :( I'll do some testing with the completion removed and a simple kfree() in the release and see if there is any fallout. Thanks, Josh -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/