Re: [PATCH] sysrq: Auto release device node using __free attribute

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 08:02:56PM +0200, Roman Storozhenko wrote:
> Add a cleanup function attribute '__free(device_node)' to the device node
> pointer initialization statement and remove the pairing cleanup function
> call of 'of_node_put' at the end of the function.
> The '_free()' attrubute is introduced by scope-based resource management
> in-kernel framework implemented in 'cleanup.h'. A pointer marked with
> '__free()' attribute makes a compiler insert a cleanup function call
> to the places where the pointer goes out of the scope. This feature
> allows to get rid of manual cleanup function calls.
> 
> Suggested-by: Julia.Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Storozhenko <romeusmeister@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch targets the next tree:
> tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
> tag: next-20240411
> ---
>  drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> index 02217e3c916b..1d1261f618c0 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> @@ -758,11 +758,12 @@ static void sysrq_detect_reset_sequence(struct sysrq_state *state,
>  static void sysrq_of_get_keyreset_config(void)
>  {
>  	u32 key;
> -	struct device_node *np;
>  	struct property *prop;
>  	const __be32 *p;
>  
> -	np = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen/linux,sysrq-reset-seq");
> +	struct device_node *np __free(device_node) =
> +		of_find_node_by_path("/chosen/linux,sysrq-reset-seq");
> +

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