RE: [PATCH] PCI: vmd: Use devm_kasprintf instead of simple kasprintf

[Mohan, Subramanian]

Hi Bjorn, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2022 8:17 PM
> To: Mohan, Subramanian <subramanian.mohan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: nirmal.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jonathan.derrick@xxxxxxxxx;
> lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx; robh@xxxxxxxxxx; kw@xxxxxxxxx;
> bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sangannavar, Mallikarjunappa
> <mallikarjunappa.sangannavar@xxxxxxxxx>; Thokala, Srikanth
> <srikanth.thokala@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: vmd: Use devm_kasprintf instead of simple
> kasprintf
> 
> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 06:56:17PM +0530, subramanian.mohan@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > From: Subramanian Mohan <subramanian.mohan@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Use devm_kasprintf instead of simple kasprintf to free the allocated
> > memory automatically when the device is freed.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Srikanth Thokala <srikanth.thokala@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Subramanian Mohan <subramanian.mohan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Nirmal Patel <nirmal.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Applied to pci/ctrl/vmd for v5.20, thanks!

Thanks !

> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c | 5 ++---
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
> > b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c index eb05cceab964..7a72948e001f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
> > @@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ static int vmd_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const
> struct pci_device_id *id)
> >  	if (vmd->instance < 0)
> >  		return vmd->instance;
> >
> > -	vmd->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "vmd%d", vmd->instance);
> > +	vmd->name = devm_kasprintf(&dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "vmd%d",
> > +				   vmd->instance);
> >  	if (!vmd->name) {
> >  		err = -ENOMEM;
> >  		goto out_release_instance;
> > @@ -935,7 +936,6 @@ static int vmd_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const
> > struct pci_device_id *id)
> >
> >   out_release_instance:
> >  	ida_simple_remove(&vmd_instance_ida, vmd->instance);
> > -	kfree(vmd->name);
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -958,7 +958,6 @@ static void vmd_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >  	vmd_detach_resources(vmd);
> >  	vmd_remove_irq_domain(vmd);
> >  	ida_simple_remove(&vmd_instance_ida, vmd->instance);
> > -	kfree(vmd->name);
> >  }
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >