Re: [PATCH] iio: buffer: hw-consumer: free scan_mask on buffer release

From: Jonathan Cameron

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 09:24:29 EST


On Mon, 18 May 2026 09:26:00 +0100
Nuno Sá <noname.nuno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 07:11:39PM +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> > The scan_mask lifetime changed in commit 9a2e1233d38c ("iio: buffer:
> > hw-consumer: remove redundant scan_mask flexible array").
> >
> > Before that change, the scan mask storage was embedded in struct
> > hw_consumer_buffer, so iio_hw_buf_release() could free the whole
> > allocation with a single kfree(hw_buf).
> >
> > That commit moved the scan mask to a separate bitmap_zalloc() allocation
> > stored in buffer.scan_mask, but left iio_hw_buf_release() unchanged.
> >
> > Free the scan mask in iio_hw_buf_release() before freeing the buffer
> > wrapper.
> >
> > Fixes: 9a2e1233d38c ("iio: buffer: hw-consumer: remove redundant scan_mask flexible array")
> > Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> For some reason this one did not get into my mailbox. Anyways, looks
> good and in line with buffer-cb. Thanks for fixing this:
>
> Reviewed-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git and marked for stable.

Thanks,

Jonathan

>
> > drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
> > index 24d7df603760..d1ab2cbf8c88 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
> > @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ static void iio_hw_buf_release(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> > {
> > struct hw_consumer_buffer *hw_buf =
> > iio_buffer_to_hw_consumer_buffer(buffer);
> > +
> > + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > kfree(hw_buf);
> > }
> >
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 7080e32d3f09d8688c4a87d81bdcc71f7f606b16
> > change-id: 20260427-iio_buf-0459b3fa3de8
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
>