[PATCH] regmap: debugfs: Use __free(kfree) for regmap_reg_ranges_read_file

From: Peng Fan (OSS)

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 20:52:41 EST


From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>

Convert buf and entry in regmap_reg_ranges_read_file() from manual
kfree() to __free(kfree) scope-based cleanup. This eliminates the
goto error path and the manual kfree(buf) on entry allocation failure,
simplifying the function to use straight-line returns.

Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c | 20 ++++++--------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index b2ae52a21331..b62a5dce027b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ static ssize_t regmap_reg_ranges_read_file(struct file *file,
struct regmap_debugfs_off_cache *c;
loff_t p = 0;
size_t buf_pos = 0;
- char *buf;
- char *entry;
int ret;
unsigned int entry_len;

@@ -369,15 +367,13 @@ static ssize_t regmap_reg_ranges_read_file(struct file *file,
if (count > (PAGE_SIZE << MAX_PAGE_ORDER))
count = PAGE_SIZE << MAX_PAGE_ORDER;

- buf = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char *buf __free(kfree) = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;

- entry = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!entry) {
- kfree(buf);
+ char *entry __free(kfree) = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!entry)
return -ENOMEM;
- }

/* While we are at it, build the register dump cache
* now so the read() operation on the `registers' file
@@ -404,17 +400,13 @@ static ssize_t regmap_reg_ranges_read_file(struct file *file,
}
}

- kfree(entry);
ret = buf_pos;

- if (copy_to_user(user_buf, buf, buf_pos)) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto out_buf;
- }
+ if (copy_to_user(user_buf, buf, buf_pos))
+ return -EFAULT;

*ppos += buf_pos;
-out_buf:
- kfree(buf);
+
return ret;
}


---
base-commit: 5ff1a5ca9f58681f870501ac58c4293306fdce0e
change-id: 20261008-regmap-debugfs-fix-26aaa0027aa1

Best regards,
--
Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>