linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thermal/drivers/cpuidle

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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:59:46 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@...il.com>,
        Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        "open list:THERMAL/CPU_COOLING" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal/drivers/cpuidle_cooling: Fix use after error

On 19-03-21, 21:25, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> When the function successfully finishes it logs an information about
> the registration of the cooling device and use its name to build the
> message. Unfortunately it was freed right before:
> 
> drivers/thermal/cpuidle_cooling.c:218 __cpuidle_cooling_register()
> 	warn: 'name' was already freed.
> 
> Fix this by freeing after the message happened.
> 
> Fixes: 6fd1b186d900 ("thermal/drivers/cpuidle_cooling: Use device name instead of auto-numbering")

Why not merge this with the Fixes patch itself since it isn't there in Linus's
tree yet ?

Or is your branch strictly immutable ?

-- 
viresh