Re: [PATCH 06/10] dmaengine: fsldma: convert channel allocation to devm_kzalloc

From: Frank Li

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 18:47:20 EST


On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 03:01:30PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
>
> Convert fsl_dma_chan_probe from kzalloc_obj to devm_kzalloc, tying
> the channel lifetime to the parent DMA device. This removes the

Nit: Remove kfree(chan) in ..

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

> need for kfree(chan) in both the probe error path and the remove
> function.
>
> Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/dma/fsldma.c | 12 +++---------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
> index 2a6a247761a4..ee6e595c2972 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
> @@ -1111,11 +1111,9 @@ static int fsl_dma_chan_probe(struct fsldma_device *fdev,
> int err;
>
> /* alloc channel */
> - chan = kzalloc_obj(*chan);
> - if (!chan) {
> - err = -ENOMEM;
> - goto out_return;
> - }
> + chan = devm_kzalloc(fdev->dev, sizeof(*chan), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!chan)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> /* ioremap registers for use */
> chan->regs = of_iomap(node, 0);
> @@ -1197,9 +1195,6 @@ static int fsl_dma_chan_probe(struct fsldma_device *fdev,
>
> out_iounmap_regs:
> iounmap(chan->regs);
> -out_free_chan:
> - kfree(chan);
> -out_return:
> return err;
> }
>
> @@ -1208,7 +1203,6 @@ static void fsl_dma_chan_remove(struct fsldma_chan *chan)
> tasklet_kill(&chan->tasklet);
> list_del(&chan->common.device_node);
> iounmap(chan->regs);
> - kfree(chan);
> }
>
> static int fsldma_of_probe(struct platform_device *op)
> --
> 2.54.0
>