[PATCH] cxl/memdev: automate cleanup with __free()

From: Pranav Tyagi
Date: Sun Jun 22 2025 - 08:10:24 EST


Use the scope based resource management (defined in linux/cleanup.h) to
automate the lifetime control of struct cxl_mbox_transfer_fw. This
eliminates explicit kfree() calls and makes the code more robust and
maintainable in presence of early returns.

Signed-off-by: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
index f88a13adf7fa..be73a6099cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <cxlmem.h>
#include "trace.h"
#include "core.h"
@@ -802,11 +803,11 @@ static int cxl_mem_activate_fw(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds, int slot)
static int cxl_mem_abort_fw_xfer(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds)
{
struct cxl_mailbox *cxl_mbox = &mds->cxlds.cxl_mbox;
- struct cxl_mbox_transfer_fw *transfer;
struct cxl_mbox_cmd mbox_cmd;
int rc;

- transfer = kzalloc(struct_size(transfer, data, 0), GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct cxl_mbox_transfer_fw *transfer __free(kfree) =
+ kzalloc(struct_size(transfer, data, 0), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!transfer)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -822,7 +823,6 @@ static int cxl_mem_abort_fw_xfer(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds)
transfer->action = CXL_FW_TRANSFER_ACTION_ABORT;

rc = cxl_internal_send_cmd(cxl_mbox, &mbox_cmd);
- kfree(transfer);
return rc;
}

@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static enum fw_upload_err cxl_fw_write(struct fw_upload *fwl, const u8 *data,
struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds = &mds->cxlds;
struct cxl_mailbox *cxl_mbox = &cxlds->cxl_mbox;
struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd = cxlds->cxlmd;
- struct cxl_mbox_transfer_fw *transfer;
+ struct cxl_mbox_transfer_fw *transfer __free(kfree);
struct cxl_mbox_cmd mbox_cmd;
u32 cur_size, remaining;
size_t size_in;
@@ -970,7 +970,6 @@ static enum fw_upload_err cxl_fw_write(struct fw_upload *fwl, const u8 *data,
rc = FW_UPLOAD_ERR_NONE;

out_free:
- kfree(transfer);
return rc;
}

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