[PATCH v6 5/5] misc: fastrpc: Allow fastrpc_buf_free() to accept NULL

From: Jianping Li

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 07:13:31 EST


From: Ekansh Gupta <ekansh.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Make fastrpc_buf_free() a no-op when passed a NULL pointer, allowing
callers to avoid open-coded NULL checks.

Signed-off-by: Ekansh Gupta <ekansh.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jianping Li <jianping.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index 0208208c2d27..6f3cb4934156 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ static int fastrpc_map_lookup(struct fastrpc_user *fl, int fd,

static void fastrpc_buf_free(struct fastrpc_buf *buf)
{
+ if (!buf)
+ return;
+
dma_free_coherent(buf->dev, buf->size, buf->virt,
fastrpc_ipa_to_dma_addr(buf->fl->cctx, buf->dma_addr));
kfree(buf);
@@ -510,8 +513,7 @@ static void fastrpc_user_free(struct kref *ref)
struct fastrpc_map *map, *m;
struct fastrpc_buf *buf, *b;

- if (fl->init_mem)
- fastrpc_buf_free(fl->init_mem);
+ fastrpc_buf_free(fl->init_mem);

list_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, n, &fl->pending, node) {
list_del(&ctx->node);
@@ -556,8 +558,7 @@ static void fastrpc_context_free(struct kref *ref)
for (i = 0; i < ctx->nbufs; i++)
fastrpc_map_put(ctx->maps[i]);

- if (ctx->buf)
- fastrpc_buf_free(ctx->buf);
+ fastrpc_buf_free(ctx->buf);

spin_lock_irqsave(&cctx->lock, flags);
idr_remove(&cctx->ctx_idr, ctx->ctxid >> 4);
--
2.43.0