Re: [PATCH] regmap: define cleanup helper for regmap_field

[Sander Vanheule]

Hi Mark,

On Fri, 2026-02-20 at 16:36 +0100, Sander Vanheule wrote:
> For temporary field allocation, the user has to perform manual cleanup,
> or rely on devm_regmap_field_alloc() to (eventually) clean up the
> allocated resources when an error occurs.
> 
> Add a cleanup helper that takes care of freeing the allocated
> regmap_field whenever it goes out of scope.
> 
> This can simplify this example:
> 
>     struct regmap_field *field = regmap_field_alloc(...);
>     if (!field)
>         return -ENOMEM;

The error handling should of course be:

        if (IS_ERR(field))
            return PTR_ERR(field);

I'll wait a bit for other feedback before I send a v2.

Best,
Sander