linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: st: clkgen-pll: Fix a memory leak in clkgen_odf

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Message-ID: <bf800455-6f93-4695-a36d-e6bfcb9a7e34@web.de>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:03:34 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
 Brian Masney <bmasney@...hat.com>,
 Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...com>,
 Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, Pankaj Dev <pankaj.dev@...com>,
 Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: st: clkgen-pll: Fix a memory leak in
 clkgen_odf_register()

> If clk_register_composite() fails, call kfree() to release
> div and gate.

You may put such information also into a single text line.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc5#n659

How do you think about to avoid a bit of duplicate source code here?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.19-rc5#n526

Regards,
Markus