linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: bridge: anx7625: Use of_property_read_variable_u8

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Message-Id: <172407440450.1407402.570433127422255941.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:33:24 +0200
From: Robert Foss <rfoss@...nel.org>
To: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>, 
 Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>, 
 Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>, 
 Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>, Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>, 
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>, 
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, 
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, 
 "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: bridge: anx7625: Use
 of_property_read_variable_u8_array()

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:13:59 -0600, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> There's no need to get the length of an DT array property before
> parsing the array. of_property_read_variable_u8_array() takes a minimum
> and maximum length and returns the actual length (or error code).
> 
> This is part of a larger effort to remove callers of of_get_property()
> and similar functions. of_get_property() leaks the DT property data
> pointer which is a problem for dynamically allocated nodes which may
> be freed.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] drm: bridge: anx7625: Use of_property_read_variable_u8_array()
      https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel/-/commit/11c742bb5a26



Rob