[PATCH] fs: efs: namei: Use __free() over manual resource management

From: Maxwell Doose

Date: Sat Jun 06 2026 - 14:21:09 EST


Define a __free() for brelse() called brelease.

The current code uses manual management of the file buffer heads. Remove
manual brelse statements and initialize bh with __free(brelease)
which removes and modernizes code.

Signed-off-by: Maxwell Doose <m32285159@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/efs/namei.c | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/efs/namei.c b/fs/efs/namei.c
index 38961ee1d1af..ce7794d55e47 100644
--- a/fs/efs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/efs/namei.c
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
*/

#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/exportfs.h>
#include "efs.h"

+DEFINE_FREE(brelease, struct buffer_head *, if (_T) brelse(_T))

static efs_ino_t efs_find_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int len)
{
- struct buffer_head *bh;
-
int slot, namelen;
char *nameptr;
struct efs_dir *dirblock;
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ static efs_ino_t efs_find_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int len)

for(block = 0; block < inode->i_blocks; block++) {

- bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, efs_bmap(inode, block));
+ struct buffer_head *bh __free(brelease) = sb_bread(inode->i_sb,
+ bfs_bmap(inode, block));
if (!bh) {
pr_err("%s(): failed to read dir block %d\n",
__func__, block);
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ static efs_ino_t efs_find_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int len)

if (be16_to_cpu(dirblock->magic) != EFS_DIRBLK_MAGIC) {
pr_err("%s(): invalid directory block\n", __func__);
- brelse(bh);
return 0;
}

@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ static efs_ino_t efs_find_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int len)

if ((namelen == len) && (!memcmp(name, nameptr, len))) {
inodenum = be32_to_cpu(dirslot->inode);
- brelse(bh);
return inodenum;
}
}
- brelse(bh);
}
return 0;
}
--
2.54.0