[PATCH v2] soc: mediatek: svs: Fix memory leak in svs_enable_debug_write()

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Mon Dec 29 00:19:19 PST 2025


…
> +++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-svs.c
> @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static ssize_t svs_enable_debug_write(struct file *filp,
>  	struct svs_bank *svsb = file_inode(filp)->i_private;
>  	struct svs_platform *svsp = dev_get_drvdata(svsb->dev);
>  	int enabled, ret;
> -	char *buf = NULL;
> +	char *buf __free(kfree) = NULL;
>  
>  	if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
>  		return -EINVAL;
…

You may reduce the scopes for involved local variables,
don't you?


See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc3#n262

Regards,
Markus



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