linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: sti: fix device leaks at component probe

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Message-ID: <4f6f8ef7-0095-4d76-a96b-9a78031e9ca3@web.de>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 09:00:48 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Raphaël Gallais-Pou <rgallaispou@...il.com>,
 Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@...s.st.com>,
 Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...labora.com>,
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
 Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: sti: fix device leaks at component probe

…> +++ w/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_vtg.c
> @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct sti_vtg {
> 
>  struct sti_vtg *of_vtg_find(struct device_node *np)
>  {
> -       struct platform_device *pdev;
> +       struct platform_device *pdev __free(put_device) = NULL;
…

The scope may be reduced for such a variable.

Regards,
Markus