linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] powercap: dtpm_cpu: Use scope-based cleanup helper

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Message-ID: <818b7848-1b34-49dc-87bd-0438a82f2ebf@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 12:55:23 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@...inos.cn>,
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] powercap: dtpm_cpu: Use scope-based cleanup
 helper

On 04/09/2025 12:37, Zihuan Zhang wrote:
>>   * Lastly, given that the benefit of cleanup helpers is removal of
>>   * "goto", and that the "goto" statement can jump between scopes, the
>>   * expectation is that usage of "goto" and cleanup helpers is never
>>   * mixed in the same function. I.e. for a given routine, convert all
>>   * resources that need a "goto" cleanup to scope-based cleanup, or
>>   * convert none of them.
> 
> 
> Should I replace all the memory allocation cleanups here with `__free`?
> That would allow us to drop all the `goto`s, but since this function has
> quite a few of them, I’m concerned it might introduce new issues. What’s
> your recommendation?

If you keep asking this, I have doubts you really know how to use
cleanup.h. Don't blindly convert code to cleanup.h. It's very odd syntax
and it is not even welcomed everywhere.

Best regards,
Krzysztof