[PATCH v4 3/5] ASoC: intel: atom: Use __free(kfree) for stream pointer

From: phucduc . bui

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 04:30:02 EST


From: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>

Declare 'stream' with __free(kfree) so it is automatically freed when
leaving scope. This allows direct returns from error paths and removes
the explicit kfree(stream) call.
Set 'stream' to NULL after ownership has been transferred to
runtime->private_data to prevent it from being freed on the success path.

This cleanup is a preparation step for upcoming locking changes.

Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v4:
- Add cleanup.h include where needed.
- update commit message

sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
index f074af2499c8..67506a718158 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ static int sst_media_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
{
int ret_val = 0;
struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
- struct sst_runtime_stream *stream;
+ struct sst_runtime_stream *stream __free(kfree) = NULL;

stream = kzalloc_obj(*stream);
if (!stream)
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ static int sst_media_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,

ret_val = power_up_sst(stream);
if (ret_val < 0)
- goto out_power_up;
+ return ret_val;

/*
* Make sure the period to be multiple of 1ms to align the
@@ -347,12 +348,19 @@ static int sst_media_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step(substream->runtime, 0,
SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIODS, 2);

- return snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer(runtime,
- SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIODS);
+ ret_val = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer(runtime,
+ SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIODS);
+
+ if (ret_val < 0)
+ return ret_val;
+
+ stream = NULL;
+
+ return ret_val;
+
out_ops:
mutex_unlock(&sst_lock);
-out_power_up:
- kfree(stream);
+
return ret_val;
}

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2.43.0