On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 12:41:24PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:40:39AM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:

> > Russell says, this looks to be an orthogonal problem to devm_kzalloc.

> Yes, it is except that devm_* is magical and people expect it to somehow
> release resources only at the right time.

Or alternatively it's a really easy to use pattern that eliminates a
large set of potential mistakes and it's therefore worth looking at when
considering how to solve other simlar problems :)