gpio: use kzalloc to allocate gpio_device
The use of kmalloc() to allocate the gpio_device leaves the contained struct
device object in an unknown state. Calling dev_set_name() on a struct device
of unknown state can trigger the free() of an invalid pointer, as seen in the
following backtrace (collected by Tony Lindgren):
kfree
kobject_set_name_vargs
dev_set_name
gpiochip_add_data
omap_gpio_probe
platform_drv_probe
...
Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Reported-by: Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org>
Reported-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Tested-by: Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org>
Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Cartwright <joshc@ni.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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