The devres_alloc() function is intended to avoid the need for freeing
memory, although in practice it may not be enabled, thus leading to a true
leak.
Nevertheless this is intended. Add a comment.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org>
Reported-by: Coverity (CID: 312951)
---
Changes in v2:
- Add a standard comment instead of a Coverity annotation
drivers/core/regmap.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/core/regmap.c b/drivers/core/regmap.c
index b51ce108c14..982c2ee9fab 100644
--- a/drivers/core/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/core/regmap.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ struct regmap *devm_regmap_init(struct udevice *dev,
int rc;
struct regmap **mapp, *map;
+ /* this looks like a leak, but devres takes care of it */
mapp = devres_alloc(devm_regmap_release, sizeof(struct regmap *),
__GFP_ZERO);
if (unlikely(!mapp))
--
2.31.1.751.gd2f1c929bd-goog
