[PATCH v15 1/7] pwm: Export `pwmchip_release` for external use

Michal Wilczynski
2025-09-30T12:27:47Z

The upcoming Rust abstraction layer for the PWM subsystem uses a custom
`dev->release` handler to safely manage the lifetime of its driver
data.

To prevent leaking the memory of the `struct pwm_chip` (allocated by
`pwmchip_alloc`), this custom handler must also call the original
`pwmchip_release` function to complete the cleanup.

Make `pwmchip_release` a global, exported function so that it can be
called from the Rust FFI bridge. This involves removing the `static`
keyword, adding a prototype to the public header, and exporting the
symbol.

Reviewed-by: Elle Rhumsaa <elle@weathered-steel.dev>
Signed-off-by: Michal Wilczynski <m.wilczynski@samsung.com>
---
drivers/pwm/core.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/pwm.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
index 0d66376a83ec350e0c3718959f4d794efd71595a..a33da3dff608fdff91251e5fd07b0dbd295be022 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
@@ -1600,12 +1600,13 @@ void pwmchip_put(struct pwm_chip *chip)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwmchip_put);

-static void pwmchip_release(struct device *pwmchip_dev)
+void pwmchip_release(struct device *pwmchip_dev)
{
struct pwm_chip *chip = pwmchip_from_dev(pwmchip_dev);

kfree(chip);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwmchip_release);

struct pwm_chip *pwmchip_alloc(struct device *parent, unsigned int npwm, size_t sizeof_priv)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h
index 8cafc483db53addf95591d1ac74287532c0fa0ee..d86061024b52172edf3845bf9252a966f120e365 100644
--- a/include/linux/pwm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pwm.h
@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@ int __pwmchip_add(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct module *owner);
#define pwmchip_add(chip) __pwmchip_add(chip, THIS_MODULE)
void pwmchip_remove(struct pwm_chip *chip);

+/*
+ * For FFI wrapper use only:
+ * The Rust PWM abstraction needs this to properly free the pwm_chip.
+ */
+void pwmchip_release(struct device *dev);
+
int __devm_pwmchip_add(struct device *dev, struct pwm_chip *chip, struct module *owner);
#define devm_pwmchip_add(dev, chip) __devm_pwmchip_add(dev, chip, THIS_MODULE)

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