> In the impelementation of ttc_setup_clockevent() the allocated memory > for ttcce should be released if clk_notifier_register() fails. * Please avoid the copying of typos from previous change descriptions. * Under which circumstances will an “imperative mood” matter for you here? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=7d194c2100ad2a6dded545887d02754948ca5241#n151 > +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c > @@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clockevent(struct clk *clk, > &ttcce->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb); > if (err) { > pr_warn("Unable to register clock notifier.\n"); > + kfree(ttcce); > return err; > } This addition looks correct. But I would prefer to move such exception handling code to the end of this function implementation so that duplicate source code will be reduced. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=7d194c2100ad2a6dded545887d02754948ca5241#n450 Regards, Markus