From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@chromium.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: hub: Set proper message when usb_hub_create_port_device() fails
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:14:33 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <anrL2XsX-Ec0GPvK@ashevche-desk.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXv+5HGZwAKpGpyV4=QHfg7yBQPx-syc1Gma2qad_tzW_RLog@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 11:51:07AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 06:00:04PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
...
> > The 'message' is local to the function, why devm?
> > Shouldn't __free() be sufficient?
>
> I hadn't thought of that.
>
> The scope shouldn't be a problem, since it's declared and used at the top
> level. But we'd need a kfree_const() variant of __free(kfree). All the
> other error messages are just plain C string constants.
Sure, I just sent a patch.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 7:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-28 10:00 [PATCH] usb: hub: Set proper message when usb_hub_create_port_device() fails Chen-Yu Tsai
2026-08-10 16:31 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-08-11 3:51 ` Chen-Yu Tsai
2026-08-11 7:14 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
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