From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org
Cc: driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] devres: add free_node callback to struct devres_node
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 00:48:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260202235210.55176-6-dakr@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260202235210.55176-1-dakr@kernel.org>
Currently, there are three "subclasses" of struct devres_node, which are
struct devres, struct devres_group, struct devres_action.
release_nodes(), which only knows about the base struct devres_node,
assumes that for all "subclasses" struct devres_node is the first member
in the structure and calls kfree() on struct devres_node.
While this technically works, we can still improve semantical
correctness and type safety with a corresponding free_node() callback.
Additionally, we will need this callback soon in the Rust Devres code,
to allocate and free the required memory on the Rust side.
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
---
drivers/base/devres.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index df015ef155e0..2006fe411b49 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
struct devres_node;
typedef void (*dr_node_release_t)(struct device *dev, struct devres_node *node);
+typedef void (*dr_node_free_t)(struct devres_node *node);
struct devres_node {
struct list_head entry;
dr_node_release_t release;
+ dr_node_free_t free_node;
const char *name;
size_t size;
};
@@ -46,10 +48,18 @@ struct devres_group {
/* -- 8 pointers */
};
-static void devres_node_init(struct devres_node *node, dr_node_release_t release)
+static void devres_node_init(struct devres_node *node,
+ dr_node_release_t release,
+ dr_node_free_t free_node)
{
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->entry);
node->release = release;
+ node->free_node = free_node;
+}
+
+static inline void free_node(struct devres_node *node)
+{
+ node->free_node(node);
}
static void set_node_dbginfo(struct devres_node *node, const char *name,
@@ -124,6 +134,13 @@ static void dr_node_release(struct device *dev, struct devres_node *node)
dr->release(dev, dr->data);
}
+static void dr_node_free(struct devres_node *node)
+{
+ struct devres *dr = container_of(node, struct devres, node);
+
+ kfree(dr);
+}
+
static __always_inline struct devres *alloc_dr(dr_release_t release,
size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int nid)
{
@@ -141,7 +158,7 @@ static __always_inline struct devres *alloc_dr(dr_release_t release,
if (!(gfp & __GFP_ZERO))
memset(dr, 0, offsetof(struct devres, data));
- devres_node_init(&dr->node, dr_node_release);
+ devres_node_init(&dr->node, dr_node_release, dr_node_free);
dr->release = release;
return dr;
}
@@ -231,6 +248,11 @@ void devres_for_each_res(struct device *dev, dr_release_t release,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devres_for_each_res);
+static inline void free_dr(struct devres *dr)
+{
+ free_node(&dr->node);
+}
+
/**
* devres_free - Free device resource data
* @res: Pointer to devres data to free
@@ -243,7 +265,7 @@ void devres_free(void *res)
struct devres *dr = container_of(res, struct devres, data);
BUG_ON(!list_empty(&dr->node.entry));
- kfree(dr);
+ free_dr(dr);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devres_free);
@@ -518,13 +540,10 @@ static void release_nodes(struct device *dev, struct list_head *todo)
{
struct devres_node *node, *tmp;
- /* Release. Note that devres, devres_action and devres_group are
- * handled as devres_node in the following loop. This is safe.
- */
list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(node, tmp, todo, entry) {
devres_log(dev, node, "REL");
node->release(dev, node);
- kfree(node);
+ free_node(node);
}
}
@@ -557,6 +576,13 @@ int devres_release_all(struct device *dev)
return cnt;
}
+static void devres_group_free(struct devres_node *node)
+{
+ struct devres_group *grp = container_of(node, struct devres_group, node[0]);
+
+ kfree(grp);
+}
+
/**
* devres_open_group - Open a new devres group
* @dev: Device to open devres group for
@@ -578,8 +604,8 @@ void *devres_open_group(struct device *dev, void *id, gfp_t gfp)
if (unlikely(!grp))
return NULL;
- devres_node_init(&grp->node[0], &group_open_release);
- devres_node_init(&grp->node[1], &group_close_release);
+ devres_node_init(&grp->node[0], &group_open_release, devres_group_free);
+ devres_node_init(&grp->node[1], &group_close_release, NULL);
set_node_dbginfo(&grp->node[0], "grp<", 0);
set_node_dbginfo(&grp->node[1], "grp>", 0);
grp->id = grp;
@@ -750,6 +776,13 @@ static void devm_action_release(struct device *dev, struct devres_node *node)
devres->action.action(devres->action.data);
}
+static void devm_action_free(struct devres_node *node)
+{
+ struct devres_action *action = container_of(node, struct devres_action, node);
+
+ kfree(action);
+}
+
/**
* __devm_add_action() - add a custom action to list of managed resources
* @dev: Device that owns the action
@@ -768,7 +801,7 @@ int __devm_add_action(struct device *dev, void (*action)(void *), void *data, co
if (!devres)
return -ENOMEM;
- devres_node_init(&devres->node, devm_action_release);
+ devres_node_init(&devres->node, devm_action_release, devm_action_free);
set_node_dbginfo(&devres->node, name, sizeof(*devres));
devres->action.data = data;
@@ -1012,7 +1045,7 @@ void *devm_krealloc(struct device *dev, void *ptr, size_t new_size, gfp_t gfp)
old_dr = find_dr(dev, devm_kmalloc_release, devm_kmalloc_match, ptr);
if (!old_dr) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->devres_lock, flags);
- kfree(new_dr);
+ free_dr(new_dr);
WARN(1, "Memory chunk not managed or managed by a different device.");
return NULL;
}
@@ -1032,7 +1065,7 @@ void *devm_krealloc(struct device *dev, void *ptr, size_t new_size, gfp_t gfp)
* list. This is also the reason why we must not use devm_kfree() - the
* links are no longer valid.
*/
- kfree(old_dr);
+ free_dr(old_dr);
return new_dr->data;
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-02 23:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-02 23:48 [PATCH 0/7] Miscellaneous devres improvements Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-02 23:48 ` [PATCH 1/7] devres: fix missing node debug info in devm_krealloc() Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-02 23:48 ` [PATCH 2/7] devres: add devres_node_add() Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-02 23:48 ` [PATCH 3/7] devres: add devres_node_init() Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-02 23:48 ` [PATCH 4/7] devres: don't require ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN for devres actions Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-02 23:48 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-02-02 23:48 ` [PATCH 6/7] devres: use guard(spinlock_irqsave) where applicable Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-02 23:48 ` [PATCH 7/7] devres: remove unnecessary unlocks in devres_release_group() Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-12 15:13 ` [PATCH 0/7] Miscellaneous devres improvements Greg KH
2026-03-17 22:59 ` Danilo Krummrich
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