linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i3c: dw: Fix memory leak in dw_i3c_master_i2c

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Message-ID: <176981440899.2224815.9388822314885453183.b4-ty@bootlin.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:08:36 +0100
From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
Cc: Frank.Li@....com, aniketmaurya@...gle.com,
	linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jianhao.xu@....edu.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i3c: dw: Fix memory leak in dw_i3c_master_i2c_xfers()

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:11:21 +0000, Zilin Guan wrote:
> The dw_i3c_master_i2c_xfers() function allocates memory for the xfer
> structure using dw_i3c_master_alloc_xfer(). If pm_runtime_resume_and_get()
> fails, the function returns without freeing the allocated xfer, resulting
> in a memory leak.
> 
> Add a dw_i3c_master_free_xfer() call to the error path to ensure the
> allocated memory is properly freed.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] i3c: dw: Fix memory leak in dw_i3c_master_i2c_xfers()
      https://git.kernel.org/i3c/c/253708941351

Best regards,

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Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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