On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:07:40 +0200 Roger Quadros wrote: > Another motivation for doing so was this paragraph found in > Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst: > > |Netdev remains skeptical about promises of all "auto-cleanup" APIs, > |including even ``devm_`` helpers, historically. They are not the preferred > |style of implementation, merely an acceptable one. FWIW, the devm_ part of this is mostly to stop people from posting "devm_ conversion" patches for some ancient drivers. Most devm_ uses are perfectly fine. But as you pointed out, if you have to free the resources manually as well the devm_ scheme becomes a distraction.
