[PATCH v2 0/2] Add scope-based cleanup capability to eventfd_ctx

From: Bence Csokas

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 07:13:00 EST


Add __free() support to eventfd and update drm_syncobj to use it as an
example consumer.

A minor discrepancy I encountered is whether to put a semicolon after
DEFINE_FREE(). It seems some in-tree code does, some doesn't. In the end,
I followed the example set in core-api/cleanup.rst, and omitted it.

Signed-off-by: Bence Csokas <bence.csokas@xxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- IS_ERR_OR_NULL() check, instead of NULLing out pointer on IS_ERR
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260909-efd-autofree-v1-0-c6c3c19cc702@xxxxxxx

To: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
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To: Simona Vetter <simona@xxxxxxxx>
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Bence Csokas (2):
eventfd: Add scope-based cleanup capability
drm/syncobj: Use scope-based cleanup for eventfd_ctx

drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c | 8 +++-----
fs/eventfd.c | 3 +++
include/linux/eventfd.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 587858367581b9c55c3690f4e63382ad622719d4
change-id: 20260826-efd-autofree-766608e8d8aa

Best regards,
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Bence Csokas <bence.csokas@xxxxxxx>