linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: SGI-IP27: Free some unused memory

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Date:   Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:32:01 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: SGI-IP27: Free some unused memory

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 03:24:03PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> platform_device_add_data() duplicates the memory it is passed. So we can
> free some memory to save a few bytes that would remain unused otherwise.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
>  arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-xtalk.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-xtalk.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-xtalk.c
> index 000ede156bdc..e762886d1dda 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-xtalk.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-xtalk.c
> @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static void bridge_platform_create(nasid_t nasid, int widget, int masterwid)
>  	}
>  	platform_device_add_resources(pdev, &w1_res, 1);
>  	platform_device_add_data(pdev, wd, sizeof(*wd));
> +	/* platform_device_add_data() duplicates the data */
> +	kfree(wd);
>  	platform_device_add(pdev);
>  
>  	bd = kzalloc(sizeof(*bd), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ static void bridge_platform_create(nasid_t nasid, int widget, int masterwid)
>  	bd->io_offset	= offset;
>  
>  	platform_device_add_data(pdev, bd, sizeof(*bd));
> +	/* platform_device_add_data() duplicates the data */
> +	kfree(bd);
>  	platform_device_add(pdev);
>  	pr_info("xtalk:n%d/%x bridge widget\n", nasid, widget);
>  	return;
> -- 
> 2.32.0

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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