linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] btf: Simplify BTF logic with use of __free(btf

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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 17:34:51 +0200
From: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@...hat.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, 
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, 
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, 
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btf: Simplify BTF logic with use of __free(btf_put)

pá 1. 8. 2025 v 17:29 odesílatel Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> napsal:
>
> but __free() is imo garbage. It's essence of what's wrong with C++
>

Here, you at least can read the beginning of the function though, and
see that a free will be done at the end, like Go's defer, right?