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a="84565551" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,112,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="84565551" Received: from orviesa006.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.146]) by orvoesa103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Mar 2026 14:04:55 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: EsXsJIaRSueYoALZrd0I0Q== X-CSE-MsgGUID: O19iVFFVT2GKY+obqTRQZQ== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.23,112,1770624000"; d="scan'208";a="219358122" Received: from vpanait-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.245.244.54]) by orviesa006-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Mar 2026 14:04:45 -0700 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:04:42 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Sanjay Chitroda Cc: jic23@kernel.org, m.tretter@pengutronix.de, mchehab@kernel.org, p.zabel@pengutronix.de, tiffany.lin@mediatek.com, andrew-ct.chen@mediatek.com, yunfei.dong@mediatek.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com, johan@kernel.org, elder@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, pure.logic@nexus-software.ie, dlechner@baylibre.com, nuno.sa@analog.com, andy@kernel.org, kernel@pengutronix.de, kees@kernel.org, nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz, marcelo.schmitt1@gmail.com, maudspierings@gocontroll.com, hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org, ribalda@chromium.org, straube.linux@gmail.com, dan.carpenter@linaro.org, lukagejak5@gmail.com, ethantidmore06@gmail.com, samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com, karanja99erick@gmail.com, s9430939@naver.com, tglx@kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com, weibu@redadmin.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, greybus-dev@lists.linaro.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, skhan@linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] drivers: Simplify cleanup paths using __free Message-ID: References: <20260310200513.2162018-1-sanjayembedded@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260310200513.2162018-1-sanjayembedded@gmail.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260310_140459_466122_81FA099D X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 11.46 ) X-BeenThere: linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-mediatek" Errors-To: linux-mediatek-bounces+linux-mediatek=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 01:35:06AM +0530, Sanjay Chitroda wrote: > From: Sanjay Chitroda > > Hi all, > > This patch series replaces manual cleanup and explicit kfree() calls with > the __free attribute from . This modernizes the memory > management style and simplifies common error paths without altering any > functional behavior. > > The __free attribute provides automatic scope-based cleanup, making > resource management clearer and reducing the chances of missing cleanup > on early returns. > > No functional changes are intended in this series. > > Testing: > - Compiled with W=1 > - Build-tested on i86_64 > > Based on: > > > Feel free to share your valuable input in context of the cleanup API. Do you put random people in the Cc list? You may try my script [1] to see the difference. [1]: https://github.com/andy-shev/home-bin-tools/blob/master/ge2maintainer.sh -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko