linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: sky81452-backlight: replace of_node_put with _

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Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 11:49:54 +0530
From: Shresth Prasad <shresthprasad7@...il.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>, R Sundar <prosunofficial@...il.com>, 
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>, 
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, skhan@...uxfoundation.org, 
	javier.carrasco.cruz@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: sky81452-backlight: replace of_node_put with __free

I'll remove the unnecessary braces and resend the patch.

Regards,
Shresth

On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 7:49 PM Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr> wrote:
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>
>
> On Wed, 1 May 2024, Daniel Thompson wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 06:21:46PM +0530, R Sundar wrote:
> > > Use the new cleanup magic to replace of_node_put() with
> > > __free(device_node) marking to auto release when they get out of scope.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
> > > Signed-off-by: R Sundar <prosunofficial@...il.com>
> >
> > Thanks for the patch but I think this one is a more appropriate
> > solution to this issue:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240421104916.312588-2-shresthprasad7@gmail.com/
>
> Maybe neither one is perfect?  The one I see at that link has:
>
>         if (!pdata) {
> -               of_node_put(np);
>                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>         }
>
> which has unneeded {}
>
> julia
>
>
> >
> >
> > Daniel.
> >