* [PATCH] thermal: devfreq_cooling: avoid unnecessary kfree of freq_table
@ 2026-03-23 9:40 Anas Iqbal
2026-03-23 10:44 ` Lukasz Luba
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Anas Iqbal @ 2026-03-23 9:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rafael, daniel.lezcano
Cc: rui.zhang, lukasz.luba, linux-pm, linux-kernel, Anas Iqbal
dfc->freq_table is only allocated in the non-EM path via
devfreq_cooling_gen_tables(). In the EM path, it remains NULL.
Avoid calling kfree() unnecessarily when freq_table was never allocated.
This resolves a Smatch warning:
calling kfree() when 'dfc->freq_table' is always NULL.
Signed-off-by: Anas Iqbal <mohd.abd.6602@gmail.com>
---
drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
index 597e86d16a4e..1c7dffc8d45f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ of_devfreq_cooling_register_power(struct device_node *np, struct devfreq *df,
remove_qos_req:
dev_pm_qos_remove_request(&dfc->req_max_freq);
free_table:
- kfree(dfc->freq_table);
+ if (!dfc->em_pd)
+ kfree(dfc->freq_table);
free_dfc:
kfree(dfc);
--
2.43.0
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* Re: [PATCH] thermal: devfreq_cooling: avoid unnecessary kfree of freq_table
2026-03-23 9:40 [PATCH] thermal: devfreq_cooling: avoid unnecessary kfree of freq_table Anas Iqbal
@ 2026-03-23 10:44 ` Lukasz Luba
2026-03-23 13:52 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lukasz Luba @ 2026-03-23 10:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anas Iqbal; +Cc: rui.zhang, daniel.lezcano, linux-pm, rafael, linux-kernel
On 3/23/26 09:40, Anas Iqbal wrote:
> dfc->freq_table is only allocated in the non-EM path via
> devfreq_cooling_gen_tables(). In the EM path, it remains NULL.
>
> Avoid calling kfree() unnecessarily when freq_table was never allocated.
>
> This resolves a Smatch warning:
> calling kfree() when 'dfc->freq_table' is always NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anas Iqbal <mohd.abd.6602@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
> index 597e86d16a4e..1c7dffc8d45f 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
> @@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ of_devfreq_cooling_register_power(struct device_node *np, struct devfreq *df,
> remove_qos_req:
> dev_pm_qos_remove_request(&dfc->req_max_freq);
> free_table:
> - kfree(dfc->freq_table);
> + if (!dfc->em_pd)
> + kfree(dfc->freq_table);
> free_dfc:
> kfree(dfc);
>
LGTM, let's calm down that warning.
Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
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* Re: [PATCH] thermal: devfreq_cooling: avoid unnecessary kfree of freq_table
2026-03-23 10:44 ` Lukasz Luba
@ 2026-03-23 13:52 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Rafael J. Wysocki @ 2026-03-23 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lukasz Luba, Anas Iqbal
Cc: rui.zhang, daniel.lezcano, linux-pm, rafael, linux-kernel
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 3/23/26 09:40, Anas Iqbal wrote:
> > dfc->freq_table is only allocated in the non-EM path via
> > devfreq_cooling_gen_tables(). In the EM path, it remains NULL.
> >
> > Avoid calling kfree() unnecessarily when freq_table was never allocated.
> >
> > This resolves a Smatch warning:
> > calling kfree() when 'dfc->freq_table' is always NULL.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anas Iqbal <mohd.abd.6602@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
> > index 597e86d16a4e..1c7dffc8d45f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
> > +++ b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
> > @@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ of_devfreq_cooling_register_power(struct device_node *np, struct devfreq *df,
> > remove_qos_req:
> > dev_pm_qos_remove_request(&dfc->req_max_freq);
> > free_table:
> > - kfree(dfc->freq_table);
> > + if (!dfc->em_pd)
> > + kfree(dfc->freq_table);
> > free_dfc:
> > kfree(dfc);
> >
>
> LGTM, let's calm down that warning.
>
> Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
Applied as 7.1 material, thanks!
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