Re: [PATCH v9 7/9] PCI/bwctrl: Add API to set PCIe Link Speed

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, Lukas Wunner wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 05:47:53PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > @@ -142,9 +304,11 @@ static int pcie_bwnotif_probe(struct pcie_device *srv)
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		return ret;
> >  
> > -	scoped_guard(rwsem_write, &pcie_bwctrl_lbms_rwsem) {
> > -		port->link_bwctrl = no_free_ptr(data);
> > -		pcie_bwnotif_enable(srv);
> > +	scoped_guard(rwsem_write, &pcie_bwctrl_setspeed_rwsem) {
> > +		scoped_guard(rwsem_write, &pcie_bwctrl_lbms_rwsem) {
> > +			port->link_bwctrl = no_free_ptr(data);
> > +			pcie_bwnotif_enable(srv);
> > +		}
> >  	}
> 
> The "data" pointer is allocated with devm_kzalloc().
> There's no __free(kfree) anywhere.
> 
> So what's the motivation for the no_free_ptr()?
> Is this a remnant of an earlier version of the patch set that can be deleted
> or is there actually a purpose to it?

Remnant it was so it is okay to remove it in your fix.

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