[PATCH v2] i3c: master: renesas: Fix memory leak in renesas_i3c_i3c_xfers()

[Tommaso Merciai]

Hi Felix,
Thanks for your patch!


On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 10:52:26PM +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> The xfer structure allocated by renesas_i3c_alloc_xfer() was never freed
> in the renesas_i3c_i3c_xfers() function. Use the __free(kfree) cleanup
> attribute to automatically free the memory when the variable goes out of
> scope.
> 

Tested on RZ/G3E + NXP P3T1085UK board.

Tested-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr at bp.renesas.com>
Reviewed-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr at bp.renesas.com>


Kind Regards,
Tommaso

> Fixes: d028219a9f14 ("i3c: master: Add basic driver for the Renesas I3C controller")
> Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu at gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Add cleanup header file to fix Frank's comment.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260402-renesas-v1-1-369a7d867502@gmail.com
> ---
>  drivers/i3c/master/renesas-i3c.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/renesas-i3c.c b/drivers/i3c/master/renesas-i3c.c
> index d9f5b30a4b2f..a8a9e89a9710 100644
> --- a/drivers/i3c/master/renesas-i3c.c
> +++ b/drivers/i3c/master/renesas-i3c.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/bitfield.h>
>  #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <linux/cleanup.h>
>  #include <linux/clk.h>
>  #include <linux/completion.h>
>  #include <linux/err.h>
> @@ -817,13 +818,12 @@ static int renesas_i3c_i3c_xfers(struct i3c_dev_desc *dev, struct i3c_xfer *i3c_
>  	struct i3c_master_controller *m = i3c_dev_get_master(dev);
>  	struct renesas_i3c *i3c = to_renesas_i3c(m);
>  	struct renesas_i3c_i2c_dev_data *data = i3c_dev_get_master_data(dev);
> -	struct renesas_i3c_xfer *xfer;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	/* Enable I3C bus. */
>  	renesas_i3c_bus_enable(m, true);
>  
> -	xfer = renesas_i3c_alloc_xfer(i3c, 1);
> +	struct renesas_i3c_xfer *xfer __free(kfree) = renesas_i3c_alloc_xfer(i3c, 1);
>  	if (!xfer)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: bd0f139e5fc11182777b81cefc3893ea508544ec
> change-id: 20260402-renesas-c6afdaf9bc2e
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Felix Gu <ustc.gu at gmail.com>
>