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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:18:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:27:18 +0530 From: Sanjay Chitroda To: David Lechner , jic23@kernel.org, m.tretter@pengutronix.de, mchehab@kernel.org, p.zabel@pengutronix.de, tiffany.lin@mediatek.com, andrew-ct.chen@mediatek.com, yunfei.dong@mediatek.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com, johan@kernel.org, elder@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, pure.logic@nexus-software.ie CC: nuno.sa@analog.com, andy@kernel.org, kernel@pengutronix.de, kees@kernel.org, nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz, marcelo.schmitt1@gmail.com, maudspierings@gocontroll.com, hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org, ribalda@chromium.org, straube.linux@gmail.com, dan.carpenter@linaro.org, lukagejak5@gmail.com, ethantidmore06@gmail.com, samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com, karanja99erick@gmail.com, s9430939@naver.com, tglx@kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com, weibu@redadmin.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, greybus-dev@lists.linaro.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, skhan@linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] drivers: Simplify cleanup paths using __free User-Agent: Thunderbird for Android In-Reply-To: <79bfac24-dcb4-4fb9-90d8-3ef2393f51e3@baylibre.com> References: <20260310200513.2162018-1-sanjayembedded@gmail.com> <79bfac24-dcb4-4fb9-90d8-3ef2393f51e3@baylibre.com> Message-ID: <7F16ED38-6BC1-4D31-B5B6-6C1E45D24C25@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11 March 2026 3:22:28=E2=80=AFam IST, David Lechner wrote: >On 3/10/26 3:05 PM, Sanjay Chitroda wrote: >> From: Sanjay Chitroda >>=20 >> Hi all, >>=20 >> This patch series replaces manual cleanup and explicit kfree() calls wi= th >> the __free attribute from =2E This modernizes the me= mory >> management style and simplifies common error paths without altering any >> functional behavior=2E >>=20 >> The __free attribute provides automatic scope-based cleanup, making >> resource management clearer and reducing the chances of missing cleanup >> on early returns=2E >>=20 >> No functional changes are intended in this series=2E >>=20 >> Testing: >> - Compiled with W=3D1 >> - Build-tested on i86_64 >>=20 >> Based on: >> >>=20 >> Feel free to share your valuable input in context of the cleanup API=2E >>=20 >> Thanks, >> Sanjay Chitroda >>=20 >> Sanjay Chitroda (7): >> staging: greybus: simplify cleanup using __free >> iio: ssp_sensors: simplify cleanup using __free >> iio: st_sensors: simplify cleanup using __free >> media: mediatek: vcodec: simplify cleanup using __free >> media: chips-media: coda: simplify cleanup using __free >> media: allegro: simplify cleanup using __free >> staging: rtl8723bs: simplify cleanup using __free > >There is no reason to put patches from different subsystems >in the same series when there is no dependency between them=2E >It just make for more noise for everyone=2E > Thanks for the feedback=2E I will split unrelated patches into separate series per subsystem or individual in future submissions=2E