Re: [PATCH] media: venus: venc: avoid double free on video register failure

[Guangshuo Li]

Hi Hans,


On Wed, 20 May 2026 at 14:10, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> In patchwork I'm rejecting all your patches that change drivers to 'fix' this.
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Thanks for the clarification, and thanks for rejecting those driver-specific
patches in patchwork.

> I'm looking forward to a patch fixing it properly in v4l2-dev.c.
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> It's a real issue, but this shouldn't be done in drivers.
>

I agree that this should be fixed properly in v4l2-dev.c instead. I will
look into the __video_register_device() error path and try to prepare a
proper core fix.

Thanks,
Guangshuo