[PATCH v2 3/3] bus: stm32_firewall: Use scoped allocation to simplify cleanup

Gatien CHEVALLIER gatien.chevallier at foss.st.com
Fri Jan 9 04:34:29 PST 2026



On 1/9/26 12:55, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 09/01/2026 11:37, Gatien CHEVALLIER wrote:
>> On 1/5/26 15:37, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> Allocate the memory with scoped/cleanup.h to reduce error handling and
>>> make the code a bit simpler.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at oss.qualcomm.com>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> 1. New patch
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c | 10 +++-------
>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c b/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
>>> index fae881cea9a0..92414a4c7bb1 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
>>> @@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stm32_firewall_controller_unregister);
>>>    
>>>    int stm32_firewall_populate_bus(struct stm32_firewall_controller *firewall_controller)
>>>    {
>>> -	struct stm32_firewall *firewalls;
>>>    	struct device *parent;
>>>    	unsigned int i;
>>>    	int len;
>>> @@ -257,15 +256,14 @@ int stm32_firewall_populate_bus(struct stm32_firewall_controller *firewall_contr
>>>    		if (len <= 0)
>>>    			return -EINVAL;
>>>    
>>> -		firewalls = kcalloc(len, sizeof(*firewalls), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> +		struct stm32_firewall *firewalls __free(kfree) =
>>> +			kcalloc(len, sizeof(*firewalls), GFP_KERNEL);
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd prefer to keep declarations separated.
> 
> Separated how? This is the coding style of cleanup (which is quite
> explicit around other styles)? Or you meant one line without wrapping?
> 

I found odd to declare and assign a variable mid-loop but I found
multiple occurrences of the same kind of cleanup.

You can drop my comment, I'm fine with how it is. Thanks for the
cleanup.

>>
>> Otherwise:
>>
>> Tested-by: Gatien Chevallier <gatien.chevallier at foss.st.com>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof




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