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authorMichael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>2007-10-22 17:15:39 -0400
committerMichael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>2007-10-22 17:15:39 -0400
commit13158eca8802518b8b4426eb20f86aae1b512461 (patch)
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tuner-core: improve comments inside function fe_release()
From: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Explain who is responsible for freeing analog_demod_priv Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> --- linux/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Diffstat (limited to 'linux/drivers/media')
-rw-r--r--linux/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/linux/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c b/linux/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c
index f04c53631..9e7cf77e0 100644
--- a/linux/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c
+++ b/linux/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c
@@ -128,7 +128,15 @@ static void fe_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
fe->ops.tuner_ops.release(fe);
fe->ops.analog_demod_ops = NULL;
- /* DO NOT kfree(t->fe.analog_demod_priv) */
+
+ /* DO NOT kfree(fe->analog_demod_priv)
+ *
+ * If we are in this function, analog_demod_priv contains a pointer
+ * to struct tuner *t. This will be kfree'd in tuner_detach().
+ *
+ * Otherwise, fe->ops.analog_demod_ops->release will
+ * handle the cleanup for analog demodulator modules.
+ */
fe->analog_demod_priv = NULL;
}