Add a simple cleanup helper so we can cleanup struct path easily. No need for any extra machinery. Avoid DEFINE_FREE() as it causes a local copy of struct path to be used. Just rely on path_put() directly called from a cleanup helper. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/path.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/path.h b/include/linux/path.h index 475225a03d0d..ca073e70decd 100644 --- a/include/linux/path.h +++ b/include/linux/path.h @@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ static inline void path_put_init(struct path *path) *path = (struct path) { }; } +/* + * Cleanup macro for use with __free(path_put). Avoids dereference and + * copying @path unlike DEFINE_FREE(). path_put() will handle the empty + * path correctly just ensure @path is initialized: + * + * struct path path __free(path_put) = {}; + */ +#define __free_path_put path_put + #endif /* _LINUX_PATH_H */ -- 2.43.0