Re: [PATCH] remove check_region in drivers-char-specialix.c

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Sep 28 2005 - 12:53:14 EST


On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:37:37AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> This is also a pretty simple case. We remove the wrapper and make
> sx__request_io_range return struct resource *. We check its value accordingly
> in the probing routine. It compiles cleanly here.

NAK. You've just introduced a pile of leaks - if sx_probe() fails after
that call, you end up with region claimed and not released.
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