Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758052AbaGWQBg (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:01:36 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:44289 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754176AbaGWQBf convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:01:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:01:30 +0200 From: Jean Delvare To: Himangi Saraogi Cc: Paul Gortmaker , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Julia Lawall Subject: Re: [PATCH] EEPROM: Introduce the use of devm_kzalloc Message-ID: <20140723180130.33980275@endymion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <20140723144318.GA3247@himangi-Dell> References: <20140723144318.GA3247@himangi-Dell> Organization: SUSE Linux X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Himangi, On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:13:18 +0530, Himangi Saraogi wrote: > This patch introduces the use of devm_kzalloc and does away with the > kfrees in the probe and remove functions. Also, a label and the err > variable are removed. > > Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi > Acked-by: Julia Lawall > --- > drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c | 21 +++++---------------- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c > index 33f8673..6d75fcf 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c > +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c > @@ -159,12 +159,11 @@ static int eeprom_probe(struct i2c_client *client, > { > struct i2c_adapter *adapter = client->adapter; > struct eeprom_data *data; > - int err; > > - if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct eeprom_data), GFP_KERNEL))) { > - err = -ENOMEM; > - goto exit; > - } > + data = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct eeprom_data), > + GFP_KERNEL) That does not even build: drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c: In function ‘eeprom_probe’: drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom.c:165:2: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘if’ if (!data) ^ Please test-build patches before you send them. That's a minimum, ideally you should also do basic run-time testing if possible. Please also note my new e-mail address and use that when you resubmit. > + if (!data) > + return -ENOMEM; > > memset(data->data, 0xff, EEPROM_SIZE); > i2c_set_clientdata(client, data); > @@ -190,22 +189,12 @@ static int eeprom_probe(struct i2c_client *client, > } > > /* create the sysfs eeprom file */ > - err = sysfs_create_bin_file(&client->dev.kobj, &eeprom_attr); > - if (err) > - goto exit_kfree; > - > - return 0; > - > -exit_kfree: > - kfree(data); > -exit: > - return err; > + return sysfs_create_bin_file(&client->dev.kobj, &eeprom_attr); > } > > static int eeprom_remove(struct i2c_client *client) > { > sysfs_remove_bin_file(&client->dev.kobj, &eeprom_attr); > - kfree(i2c_get_clientdata(client)); > > return 0; > } -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support -- 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/