Re: [PATCH] mfd: mc13xxx-core: Fix memory leak in mc13xxx_add_subdevice_pdata()

kernel test robot
2025-11-26T18:18:16Z

Hi Abdun,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on lee-mfd/for-mfd-next]
[also build test ERROR on lee-mfd/for-mfd-fixes lee-leds/for-leds-next linus/master v6.18-rc7 next-20251126]
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Abdun-Nihaal/mfd-mc13xxx-core-Fix-memory-leak-in-mc13xxx_add_subdevice_pdata/20251126-012428
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd.git for-mfd-next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251125171936.98101-1-nihaal%40cse.iitm.ac.in
patch subject: [PATCH] mfd: mc13xxx-core: Fix memory leak in mc13xxx_add_subdevice_pdata()
config: x86_64-buildonly-randconfig-003-20251126 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251127/202511270127.8j2J6hwF-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251127/202511270127.8j2J6hwF-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511270127.8j2J6hwF-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-core.c:388:3: error: call to undeclared function 'kfree'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
388 | kfree(cell.name);
| ^
1 error generated.

vim +/kfree +388 drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-core.c

364
365 static int mc13xxx_add_subdevice_pdata(struct mc13xxx *mc13xxx,
366 const char *format, void *pdata, size_t pdata_size)
367 {
368 int ret;
369 char buf[30];
370 const char *name = mc13xxx_get_chipname(mc13xxx);
371
372 struct mfd_cell cell = {
373 .platform_data = pdata,
374 .pdata_size = pdata_size,
375 };
376
377 /* there is no asnprintf in the kernel :-( */
378 if (snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), format, name) > sizeof(buf))
379 return -E2BIG;
380
381 cell.name = kmemdup(buf, strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
382 if (!cell.name)
383 return -ENOMEM;
384
385 ret = mfd_add_devices(mc13xxx->dev, -1, &cell, 1, NULL, 0,
386 regmap_irq_get_domain(mc13xxx->irq_data));
387 if (ret)
> 388 kfree(cell.name);
389 return ret;
390 }
391

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