[PATCH v4 2/3] device property: Refactor to use RAII approach

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 16:38:52 EST


In a couple of functions code can be made cleaner with help of
__free() macro. Refactor these to use RAII approach.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/property.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
index f7b30d9c8716..808e8a90c125 100644
--- a/drivers/base/property.c
+++ b/drivers/base/property.c
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
* Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*/

+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/kconfig.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/property.h>
#include <linux/phy.h>
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_property_read_string);
int fwnode_property_match_string(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
const char *propname, const char *string)
{
- const char **values;
int nval, ret;

nval = fwnode_property_string_array_count(fwnode, propname);
@@ -527,20 +526,18 @@ int fwnode_property_match_string(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
if (nval == 0)
return -ENODATA;

- values = kcalloc(nval, sizeof(*values), GFP_KERNEL);
+ const char **values __free(kfree) = kcalloc(nval, sizeof(*values), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!values)
return -ENOMEM;

ret = fwnode_property_read_string_array(fwnode, propname, values, nval);
if (ret < 0)
- goto out_free;
+ return ret;

ret = match_string(values, nval, string);
if (ret < 0)
- ret = -ENODATA;
+ return -ENODATA;

-out_free:
- kfree(values);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_property_match_string);
@@ -1128,8 +1125,9 @@ struct fwnode_handle *
fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
struct fwnode_handle *prev)
{
- struct fwnode_handle *ep, *port_parent = NULL;
const struct fwnode_handle *parent;
+ struct fwnode_handle *port_parent __free(fwnode_handle) = NULL;
+ struct fwnode_handle *ep;

/*
* If this function is in a loop and the previous iteration returned
@@ -1147,13 +1145,9 @@ fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,

ep = fwnode_call_ptr_op(parent, graph_get_next_endpoint, prev);
if (ep)
- goto out_put_port_parent;
+ return ep;

- ep = fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint(parent->secondary, NULL);
-
-out_put_port_parent:
- fwnode_handle_put(port_parent);
- return ep;
+ return fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint(parent->secondary, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint);

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2.50.1