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([2600:8803:e7e4:500:78e2:51e2:14b8:2e10]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5614622812f47-46734160cebsm48179b6e.7.2026.03.10.14.52.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:52:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <79bfac24-dcb4-4fb9-90d8-3ef2393f51e3@baylibre.com> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:52:28 -0500 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] drivers: Simplify cleanup paths using __free To: Sanjay Chitroda , 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 Cc: 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 References: <20260310200513.2162018-1-sanjayembedded@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: David Lechner In-Reply-To: <20260310200513.2162018-1-sanjayembedded@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 3/10/26 3:05 PM, 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. > > Thanks, > Sanjay Chitroda > > Sanjay Chitroda (7): > staging: greybus: simplify cleanup using __free > iio: ssp_sensors: simplify cleanup using __free > iio: st_sensors: simplify cleanup using __free > media: mediatek: vcodec: simplify cleanup using __free > media: chips-media: coda: simplify cleanup using __free > media: allegro: simplify cleanup using __free > staging: rtl8723bs: simplify cleanup using __free There is no reason to put patches from different subsystems in the same series when there is no dependency between them. It just make for more noise for everyone.