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List:       linux-pcmcia
Subject:    Re: PCMCIA driver resource allocation
From:       Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas () hp ! com>
Date:       2007-10-22 15:27:48
Message-ID: 200710220927.49162.bjorn.helgaas () hp ! com
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On Friday 19 October 2007 04:40:22 pm Russell King wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:51:51AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> > +	priv->io_resource = request_region(link->io.BasePort1,
> > +					   link->io.NumPorts1, DRIVER_NAME);
> > +	if (!priv->io_resource)
> > +		goto cs_failed;
> >  	mem = ioport_map(link->io.BasePort1, link->io.NumPorts1);
> >  	if (!mem)
> >  		goto cs_failed;
> > @@ -366,6 +370,10 @@
> >  	pcmcia_disable_device(link);
> >  	if (priv->hw.iobase)
> >  		ioport_unmap(priv->hw.iobase);
> > +	if (priv->io_resource) {
> > +		release_resource(priv->io_resource);
> > +		priv->io_resource = NULL;
> 
> Wrong function.  release_resource() doesn't pair with request_region().
> request_region() allocates memory for the struct resource.
> release_resource() merely removes the struct resource from the tree.
> release_region() on the other hand removes the struct resource and
> frees it.

Oh, thanks!  I didn't notice that difference between release_region()
and release_resource().  I'll fix the patch.

Bjorn




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