[PATCH -next] staging: nvec: don't call input_free_device() after input_unregister_device()

Leon Romanovsky leon at leon.nu
Thu May 2 20:18:35 UTC 2013


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei at trendmicro.com.cn>
>
> input_free_device() should only be used if input_register_device()
> was not called yet or if it failed. Once device was unregistered
> use input_unregister_device() and memory will be freed once last
> reference to the device is dropped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei at trendmicro.com.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c
> index 7445ce6..bdf5a64 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c
> @@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ fail:
>  static int nvec_kbd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>         input_unregister_device(keys_dev.input);
> -       input_free_device(keys_dev.input);
>
>         return 0;
>  }
>

Hi Greg and Wei,
I sent patch which converts nvec-kbd to managed device (devm_*), so
this patch is not needed.

Thanks.

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