[PATCH v2] cxl/memdev: automate cleanup with __free()

From: Pranav Tyagi
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 04:39:45 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 | 21 ++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
index f88a13adf7fa..38f4449f9740 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 +803,10 @@ 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;

@@ -821,9 +821,7 @@ 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;
+ return cxl_internal_send_cmd(cxl_mbox, &mbox_cmd);
}

static void cxl_fw_cleanup(struct fw_upload *fwl)
@@ -880,7 +878,7 @@ 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;
@@ -949,7 +947,7 @@ static enum fw_upload_err cxl_fw_write(struct fw_upload *fwl, const u8 *data,
rc = cxl_internal_send_cmd(cxl_mbox, &mbox_cmd);
if (rc < 0) {
rc = FW_UPLOAD_ERR_RW_ERROR;
- goto out_free;
+ return rc;
}

*written = cur_size;
@@ -963,14 +961,11 @@ static enum fw_upload_err cxl_fw_write(struct fw_upload *fwl, const u8 *data,
dev_err(&cxlmd->dev, "Error activating firmware: %d\n",
rc);
rc = FW_UPLOAD_ERR_HW_ERROR;
- goto out_free;
+ return rc;
}
}

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

--
2.49.0