linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] i2c: i2c-core-acpi: Add i2c_acpi_dev

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Message-ID: <20210118134123.GJ4077@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:41:23 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...ica.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org,
        andy@...nel.org, mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com,
        linus.walleij@...aro.org, bgolaszewski@...libre.com,
        wsa@...nel.org, lee.jones@...aro.org, hdegoede@...hat.com,
        mgross@...ux.intel.com, robert.moore@...el.com,
        erik.kaneda@...el.com, sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com,
        kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] i2c: i2c-core-acpi: Add i2c_acpi_dev_name()

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 11:18:55AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 12:34:25AM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:

...

> > +/**
> > + * i2c_acpi_dev_name - Construct i2c device name for devs sourced from ACPI
> > + * @adev:     ACPI device to construct the name for
> > + *
> > + * Constructs the name of an i2c device matching the format used by
> > + * i2c_dev_set_name() to allow users to refer to an i2c device by name even
> > + * before they have been instantiated.
> > + *
> > + * The caller is responsible for freeing the returned pointer.
> > + */
> > +char *i2c_acpi_dev_name(struct acpi_device *adev)
> > +{
> > +	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, I2C_DEV_NAME_FORMAT, acpi_dev_name(adev));
> 
> There's a real danger of a memory leak, as the function name sounds very
> similar to dev_name() or acpi_dev_name() and those don't allocate
> memory. I'm not sure what a better name would be, but given that this
> function is only used in patch 6/7 and not in the I2C subsystem itself,
> I wonder if we should inline this kasprintf() call in the caller and
> drop this patch.

Dan, I'm fine with either choice.

> > +}

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko