[PATCH v2 5/8] EDAC/aspeed: Free the mem_ctl_info unconditionally on remove

Ryan Chen ryan_chen at aspeedtech.com
Sun Aug 23 19:42:32 PDT 2026


aspeed_remove() is a driver .remove callback, so it only runs for a device
that has already probed successfully and registered its mem_ctl_info. In
that case edac_mc_del_mc() always returns the same, valid pointer, and the
NULL check on its return value can never be false.

Fetch the mem_ctl_info from the platform device's driver data instead and
free it unconditionally, dropping the redundant check. This also decouples
the teardown from the return value of edac_mc_del_mc().

Signed-off-by: Ryan Chen <ryan_chen at aspeedtech.com>
---
 drivers/edac/aspeed_edac.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/aspeed_edac.c b/drivers/edac/aspeed_edac.c
index cd2a6fcca355..352910e1defc 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/aspeed_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/aspeed_edac.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int aspeed_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static void aspeed_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	int irq;
 
 	/* disable interrupts */
@@ -352,12 +352,11 @@ static void aspeed_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	WARN_ON(irq < 0);
-	devm_free_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, platform_get_drvdata(pdev));
+	devm_free_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, mci);
 
 	/* free resources */
-	mci = edac_mc_del_mc(&pdev->dev);
-	if (mci)
-		edac_mc_free(mci);
+	edac_mc_del_mc(&pdev->dev);
+	edac_mc_free(mci);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id aspeed_of_match[] = {

-- 
2.34.1




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