Hi, On 1/18/21 4:32 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 04:16:16PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:37 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 1/14/21 7:46 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > ... > >>> When I have cases like this, where 2 mallocs are necessary I typically do it like this: >>> >>> const char *bus_id; >>> >>> ... >>> >>> } else { >>> acpi_device_bus_id = kzalloc(sizeof(*acpi_device_bus_id), >>> GFP_KERNEL); >>> bus_id = kstrdup_const(acpi_device_hid(device), GFP_KERNEL); >>> if (!acpi_device_bus_id || !bus_id) { >>> kfree(acpi_device_bus_id); > > >>> kfree(bus_id); > > Just to be sure, shouldn't it be kfree_const() ? Yes I beleive it should, my bad. Regards, Hans > >>> result = -ENOMEM; >>> goto err_unlock; >>> } >>> acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id = bus_id; >>> list_add_tail(&acpi_device_bus_id->node, &acpi_bus_id_list); >>> } >>> >>> ... >>> >>> So that there is only one if / 1 error-handling path for both mallocs. >>> I personally find this a bit cleaner. >