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powerpc: 82xx: fix uninitialized pointers with free attribute
authorAlly Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:25:44 +0000 (19:55 +0530)
committerMadhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 12 May 2026 06:18:47 +0000 (11:48 +0530)
commitacd1e47db03d4b528fd5efb8565dd0de1c79f62a
tree6a120bcfd8d48f4786085768cb82f7fdd90aa27b
parent8d57bb61734b23f6342e9de781173f1d83f90d3a
powerpc: 82xx: fix uninitialized pointers with free attribute

Uninitialized pointers with `__free` attribute can cause undefined
behavior as the memory allocated to the pointer is freed automatically
when the pointer goes out of scope.

powerpc/km82xx doesn't have any bugs related to this as of now, but,
it is better to initialize and assign pointers with `__free` attribute
in one statement to ensure proper scope-based cleanup

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aPiG_F5EBQUjZqsl@stanley.mountain/
Signed-off-by: Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
Fixes: 4aa5cc1e0012 ("powerpc-km82xx.c: replace of_node_put() with __free")
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251116-aheev-uninitialized-free-attr-km82xx-v2-1-4307e2b5300d@gmail.com
arch/powerpc/platforms/82xx/km82xx.c