[PATCH v2] docs: driver-api pinctrl cleanup

From: Alex Tran
Date: Wed Aug 27 2025 - 03:46:16 EST


changelog:
v2
Replace FIXME comments in the pinctrl documentation example with
proper cleanup code:
- Add devm_pinctrl_put() calls in error paths
(pinctrl_lookup_state, pinctrl_select_state)
after successful devm_pinctrl_get()
- Set foo->p to NULL when devm_pinctrl_get() fails
- Add ret variable for cleaner error handling
- provides proper example of pinctrl resource management on failure

Signed-off-by: Alex Tran <alex.t.tran@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst
index 27ea12363..281533c33 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst
@@ -1202,22 +1202,24 @@ default state like this:
{
/* Allocate a state holder named "foo" etc */
struct foo_state *foo = ...;
+ int ret;

foo->p = devm_pinctrl_get(&device);
if (IS_ERR(foo->p)) {
- /* FIXME: clean up "foo" here */
- return PTR_ERR(foo->p);
+ ret = PTR_ERR(foo->p);
+ foo->p = NULL;
+ return ret;
}

foo->s = pinctrl_lookup_state(foo->p, PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT);
if (IS_ERR(foo->s)) {
- /* FIXME: clean up "foo" here */
+ devm_pinctrl_put(foo->p);
return PTR_ERR(foo->s);
}

ret = pinctrl_select_state(foo->p, foo->s);
if (ret < 0) {
- /* FIXME: clean up "foo" here */
+ devm_pinctrl_put(foo->p);
return ret;
}
}
--
2.51.0