[PATCH 08/19] mfd: pca9450: don't free device-managed memory in probe error path
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Wed Oct 28 02:14:42 PDT 2026
From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
The driver data is allocated with devm_kzalloc(), but free()d on probe
failure, which only works as long as devm_ is a dummy. Drop the free,
managed memory is released when probe fails.
Assisted-by: Claude:fable-5.1
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
---
drivers/mfd/pca9450.c | 20 +++++---------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/pca9450.c b/drivers/mfd/pca9450.c
index 523071bf12ff..ff608dd1af8b 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/pca9450.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/pca9450.c
@@ -100,21 +100,19 @@ static int __init pca9450_probe(struct device *dev)
pca9450->type = (enum pca9450_chip_type)(uintptr_t)device_get_match_data(dev);
regmap = regmap_init_i2c(to_i2c_client(dev), &pca9450_regmap_i2c_config);
- if (IS_ERR(regmap)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(regmap);
- goto free;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(regmap))
+ return PTR_ERR(regmap);
pca9450->regmap = regmap;
ret = regmap_register_cdev(regmap, NULL);
if (ret)
- goto free;
+ return ret;
ret = regmap_read(regmap, PCA9450_REG_DEV_ID, ®);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "Unable to read PMIC Chip ID\n");
- goto free;
+ return ret;
}
/* Chip ID defined in bits [7:4] */
@@ -138,15 +136,7 @@ static int __init pca9450_probe(struct device *dev)
pca9450_get_reset_source(dev, regmap);
- ret = mfd_add_devices(dev, pca9450_cells, ARRAY_SIZE(pca9450_cells));
- if (ret)
- goto free;
-
- return 0;
-
-free:
- free(pca9450);
- return ret;
+ return mfd_add_devices(dev, pca9450_cells, ARRAY_SIZE(pca9450_cells));
}
static __maybe_unused struct of_device_id pca9450_dt_ids[] = {
--
2.47.3
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