linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: debug: Fix memory leak in __print_txpwr

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Message-ID: <1d32418f-c315-4ce4-9b4c-6781bda72cfe@web.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:04:57 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
 Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@....edu.cn>, Zong-Zhe Yang <kevin_yang@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: debug: Fix memory leak in
 __print_txpwr_map()

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> Fix this by freeing the temporary buffer bufp in the error path.
…

How do you think about to use an attribute like “__free(vfree)”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/debug.c#L815-L858

Regards,
Markus