On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 10:06:14PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 21:55:08 +0200
>
> Scope-based resource management became supported also for another
> programming interface by contributions of Jonathan Cameron on 2024-02-17.
> See also the commit 59ed5e2d505bf5f9b4af64d0021cd0c96aec1f7c ("device
> property: Add cleanup.h based fwnode_handle_put() scope based cleanup.").
>
> * Thus use the attribute “__free(fwnode_handle)”.
>
> * Reduce the scope for the local variable “fwnode”.
> Fixes: 8a590d7371f0 ("extcon: add Realtek DHC RTD SoC Type-C driver")
The problem here is that the above mentioned API only recently appeared in the
kernel. It will be impossible to backport without backporting a new API, which
is usually contradicts the idea of stable kernels. That's why it's better to
really fix without using a new APIs and then convert to a new one. Hence needs
two patches.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
