linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/33] ACPI: Define acpi_put_table cleanup handler and acpi_get_table

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Message-ID: <13376c0c-8a33-43bd-aa72-b696baa2932b@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:39:26 -0800
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
To: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>, james.morse@....com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/33] ACPI: Define acpi_put_table cleanup handler and
 acpi_get_table_ret() helper



On 11/7/25 04:34, Ben Horgan wrote:
> Define a cleanup helper for use with __free to release the acpi table when
> the pointer goes out of scope. Also, introduce the helper
> acpi_get_table_ret() to simplify a commonly used pattern involving
> acpi_get_table().
> 
> These are first used in a subsequent commit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>

Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
Tested-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>

Thanks.

-Fenghua