Re: [PATCH] release_resource() check for NULL resource

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Russell King wrote:
> And the above is buggy.  request_region() allocates memory.
> release_resource() unregisters the resource but does _not_
> free the allocated memory.

Indeed but that's besides the point as kfree() deals with NULLs fine.

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Russell King wrote:
> On the other hand, release_region() is the counter-part of
> request_region() and should be used to release resources
> created by request_region().

Right. To me, it makes sense for the release counter-part accept NULL if 
the allocation/initialization function can return it.

			Pekka
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