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Some platform drivers use devm_input_allocate_device() together with sparse_keymap_setup() in their .probe callbacks. While using the former simplifies error handling, using the latter necessitates calling sparse_keymap_free() in the error path and upon module unloading to avoid leaking the copy of the keymap allocated by sparse_keymap_setup(). To help prevent such leaks and enable simpler error handling, make sparse_keymap_setup() use devm_kmemdup() to create the keymap copy so that it gets automatically freed. This works for both managed and non-managed input devices as the keymap is freed after the last reference to the input device is dropped. Note that actions previously taken by sparse_keymap_free(), i.e. taking the input device's mutex and zeroing its keycode and keycodemax fields, are now redundant because the managed keymap will always be freed after the input device is unregistered. Signed-off-by: Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.