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

Pekka Enberg <[email protected]> wrote:

> static int driver_init(void)
> {
>      dev->resource1 = request_region(...);
>      if (!dev->resource1)
>              goto failed;

> failed:
>      driver_release(dev);

> static void driver_release(struct device * dev)
> {
>      release_resource(dev->resource1);
>      release_resource(dev->resource2);

If the dev struct* isn't properly initialized, it will try to free a random
resource.
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