From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify cleanup using __free
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:45:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026031102-decrease-preachy-6096@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310200513.2162018-8-sanjayembedded@gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 01:35:13AM +0530, Sanjay Chitroda wrote:
> From: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>
>
> Replace manual cleanup logic with __free attribute from cleanup.h. This
> removes explicit kfree() calls and simplifies the error handling paths.
>
> No functional change intended for kmalloc().
>
> Signed-off-by: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>
> ---
> .../staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_hal_init.c | 13 ++-----
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_ops.c | 37 ++++---------------
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
As has been stated many times in the past, please do this for new code,
but not for existing code unless you are fixing a bug at the same time,
as the churn is not worth it (especially if you do not have the hardware
to test the changes with.)
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 6:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 20:05 [PATCH 0/7] drivers: Simplify cleanup paths using __free Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 1/7] staging: greybus: simplify cleanup " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-10 21:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-03-11 6:51 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-03-11 7:06 ` Greg KH
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 2/7] iio: ssp_sensors: " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-10 21:11 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 3/7] iio: st_sensors: " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-11 0:04 ` David Lechner
2026-03-12 20:52 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-13 0:23 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 4/7] media: mediatek: vcodec: " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-19 21:08 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 5/7] media: chips-media: coda: " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 6/7] media: allegro: " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-10 20:05 ` [PATCH 7/7] staging: rtl8723bs: " Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-10 21:42 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-11 6:45 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-03-10 21:04 ` [PATCH 0/7] drivers: Simplify cleanup paths " Andy Shevchenko
2026-03-10 21:52 ` David Lechner
2026-03-11 1:57 ` Sanjay Chitroda
2026-03-11 5:42 ` Luka Gejak
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