Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] iio: backend: use __free(fwnode_handle) for automatic cleanup

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:01:51 +0200
Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@analog.com> wrote:

> Convert __devm_iio_backend_fwnode_get() to use the __free(fwnode_handle)
> cleanup attribute for the fwnode_back variable, removing the need for
> manual fwnode_handle_put() calls. Move the declaration closer to its
> first use, narrowing its scope.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@analog.com>
> Signed-off-by: Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@analog.com>
This patch stands on it's own as a good improvement so applied to the testing
branch of iio.git.  If we end up going to a v8 just don't include this
patch. (I'm easily confused ;)

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
> Changes in v7:
>   - No changes
> 
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
> index 447b694d6d5f..58f7e1426095 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
> @@ -952,7 +952,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(iio_backend_data_transfer_addr, "IIO_BACKEND");
>  static struct iio_backend *__devm_iio_backend_fwnode_get(struct device *dev, const char *name,
>  							 struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>  {
> -	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_back;
>  	struct iio_backend *back;
>  	unsigned int index;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -967,7 +966,8 @@ static struct iio_backend *__devm_iio_backend_fwnode_get(struct device *dev, con
>  		index = 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	fwnode_back = fwnode_find_reference(fwnode, "io-backends", index);
> +	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode_back __free(fwnode_handle) =
> +		fwnode_find_reference(fwnode, "io-backends", index);
>  	if (IS_ERR(fwnode_back))
>  		return dev_err_cast_probe(dev, fwnode_back,
>  					  "Cannot get Firmware reference\n");
> @@ -977,7 +977,6 @@ static struct iio_backend *__devm_iio_backend_fwnode_get(struct device *dev, con
>  		if (!device_match_fwnode(back->dev, fwnode_back))
>  			continue;
>  
> -		fwnode_handle_put(fwnode_back);
>  		ret = __devm_iio_backend_get(dev, back);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ERR_PTR(ret);
> @@ -988,7 +987,6 @@ static struct iio_backend *__devm_iio_backend_fwnode_get(struct device *dev, con
>  		return back;
>  	}
>  
> -	fwnode_handle_put(fwnode_back);
>  	return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
>  }
>