Re: [PATCH] mfd: twl6040: fix IRQ action memory leaks during teardown

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 27/10/2026 17:22, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2026 at 23:33, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 27/10/2026 04:26, Guangshuo Li wrote:
>>> twl6040_remove() currently removes the regmap IRQ chip before
>>> removing the MFD child devices. This destroys the IRQ mappings
>>> before the child drivers can release their interrupt handlers.
>>>
>>> The parent driver also registers READY and thermal interrupt
>>> handlers using devm_request_threaded_irq(). These handlers are
>>> normally released by device-managed cleanup after remove returns,
>>> when the corresponding IRQ descriptors have already been removed.
>>>
>>> Consequently, free_irq() cannot find the IRQ descriptors and the
>>> allocated struct irqaction objects are not freed. The associated
>>> IRQ threads also cannot be stopped through the normal cleanup path.
>>>
>>> The probe error paths have a similar issue, as they destroy the IRQ
>>> chip before the device-managed IRQ handlers are released.
>>>
>>> Remove the MFD child devices first, then explicitly free the
>>> parent's READY and thermal IRQ handlers using devm_free_irq()
>>> before removing the regmap IRQ chip.
>>>
>>> Also update the probe error paths to release successfully requested
>>> IRQs before destroying their mappings.
>>>
>>
>> More of postings by bot ignoring any feedback.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
> 
> Thank you for your feedback, and I apologize if our recent submissions
> gave the impression that we were ignoring your previous comments.
> 
> We did take your earlier suggestions into account and subsequently
> submitted a patch series accordingly.
> 
> For the more recent patches, however, since they address issues in
> different drivers, we thought it would be more appropriate to submit
> them separately rather than group them into a single series.

How this that differ from last time, explain me please.

Last time you sent x separate patches for subsystem foo. I asked to send
them as patchset.

Now you sent y separate patches for subsystem bar. You keep repeating
the same.

Best regards,
Krzysztof