Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] media: atomisp: fix memory leak in atomisp_pci_probe()
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 09:53:38 EST
On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 04:49:28PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 02:39:42PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 02:11:12PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are
> > > > developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing
> > > > v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly
> > > > available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in
> > > > v7.1-rc7.
> > > >
> > > > An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have
> > > > an Intel Atom ISP platform with the required camera sensor hardware to
> > > > test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
> > >
> > > These last two paragraphs do not suit the commit message. Please, drop them
> > > here and better to describe all this in the cover letter (if not yet).
> >
> > This is how the documentation says to write commit messages.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/ahgaOigklcDCYvRp@stanley.mountain/
>
> Isn't it enough to have in the cover letter?
>
> Thanks for commenting there, but I would insist to move these two paragraphs
> from the commit message here. Maybe Kees is okay with that, I'm thinking that
> this is too much (since we have lore archives).
To me the "An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings" information
adds no value at all. It is assumed and if you didn't do that then a lot
of people are going to know and complain.
regards,
dan carpenter