Re: [PATCH 01/10] accel/amdxdna: Add a new driver for AMD AI Engine

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Sat Jul 20 2024 - 02:23:48 EST



> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@

> +static int aie2_init(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
> +{

> + const struct firmware *fw;

I suggest to take another software design option better into account
also according to the application of scope-based resource management.

* You may reduce the scope of such a local variable.

* How do you think about to use the attribute “__free(firmware)”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10/source/include/linux/firmware.h#L202


> + ret = request_firmware(&fw, ndev->priv->fw_path, &pdev->dev);



Regards,
Markus