release_firmware() in the same function that it was requested. It is more clear and makes smatch happy. drivers/media/platform/st/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c:1146 load_c8sectpfe_fw() warn: 'fw' from request_firmware() not released on lines: 1125,1132. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/platform/st/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c index e4cf27b5a0727..ce0fd6ace8032 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c @@ -1097,7 +1097,6 @@ static int load_slim_core_fw(const struct firmware *fw, struct c8sectpfei *fei) } } - release_firmware(fw); return err; } @@ -1121,6 +1120,7 @@ static int load_c8sectpfe_fw(struct c8sectpfei *fei) } err = load_slim_core_fw(fw, fei); + release_firmware(fw); if (err) { dev_err(fei->dev, "load_slim_core_fw failed err=(%d)\n", err); return err; -- 2.44.0.683.g7961c838ac-goog