>> * Is it still correct nowadays that the function "gigaset_initcs" did not >> call the function "kfree" after a later function call failed? > > Yes, if it is handled in another place, Paul already did show you the place.
To which source code place do you refer here? >> * Do you expect that allocated memory will be automatically reclaimed >> after it would return a null pointer? >> > Of course not Thanks for this acknowledgement. Regards, Markus