Re: [PATCH v2] net: wan: framer: pef2256: Switch to devm_mfd_add_devices()

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Mon,  3 Nov 2025 20:37:41 +0800 Haotian Zhang wrote:
> The driver calls mfd_add_devices() but fails to call mfd_remove_devices()
> in error paths after successful MFD device registration and in the remove
> function. This leads to resource leaks where MFD child devices are not
> properly unregistered.
> 
> Replace mfd_add_devices with devm_mfd_add_devices to automatically
> manage the device resources.
> 
> Fixes: c96e976d9a05 ("net: wan: framer: Add support for the Lantiq PEF2256 framer")

This commit has another call to mfd_add_devices()
please add an explanation of why that one is fine as is.

> Suggested-by: Herve Codina<herve.codina@bootlin.com>

missing space between name and address

> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   - Use devm_mfd_add_devices() instead of manual cleanup
> ---
>  drivers/net/wan/framer/pef2256/pef2256.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/framer/pef2256/pef2256.c b/drivers/net/wan/framer/pef2256/pef2256.c
> index 1e4c8e85d598..4f4433560964 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wan/framer/pef2256/pef2256.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/framer/pef2256/pef2256.c
> @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static int pef2256_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pef2256);
>  
> -	ret = mfd_add_devices(pef2256->dev, 0, pef2256_devs,
> +	ret = devm_mfd_add_devices(pef2256->dev, 0, pef2256_devs,
>  			      ARRAY_SIZE(pef2256_devs), NULL, 0, NULL);

please adjust the continuation line so that it aligns with the opening
bracket
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