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Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:43:22 -0700
From: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@quicinc.com>
To: prabhav kumar <pvkumar5749404@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH next] drivers: soc: qcom: Auto cleanup using
 __free(device_node)
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On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 01:01:22AM +0530, prabhav kumar wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 12:50 AM Bjorn Andersson
> <quic_bjorande@quicinc.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 07, 2024 at 12:53:30PM +0530, Prabhav Kumar Vaish wrote:
> > > Use automated cleanup to replace of_node_put() in qcom_smem_resolve_mem().
> > >
> >
> > I don't find this easier to read or maintain.
> Should I change it , explaining the change ??
> >
> > Also, your subject prefix does not match other changes to this driver.
> The patch is to add a __free function attribute to np pointer
> initialization ensuring
> the pointers are freed as soon as they go out of scope, thus removing
> the work to
> manually free them using of_node_put.

Yes, that is what the __free() attribute does, but I don't find it
easier to read and unless I'm missing something you're not fixing an
actual issue here?

Regards,
Bjorn

> >
> > Regards,
> > Bjorn
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Prabhav Kumar Vaish <pvkumar5749404@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c | 4 +---
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
> > > index 7191fa0c087f..ad1cf8dcc6ec 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
> > > @@ -1032,18 +1032,16 @@ static int qcom_smem_resolve_mem(struct qcom_smem *smem, const char *name,
> > >                                struct smem_region *region)
> > >  {
> > >       struct device *dev = smem->dev;
> > > -     struct device_node *np;
> > >       struct resource r;
> > >       int ret;
> > > +     struct device_node *np __free(device_node) = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, name, 0);
> > >
> > > -     np = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, name, 0);
> > >       if (!np) {
> > >               dev_err(dev, "No %s specified\n", name);
> > >               return -EINVAL;
> > >       }
> > >
> > >       ret = of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &r);
> > > -     of_node_put(np);
> > >       if (ret)
> > >               return ret;
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.34.1
> > >