[PATCH 01/10] accel/amdxdna: Add a new driver for AMD AI Engine

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Sat Jul 20 06:23:09 UTC 2024


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> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
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> +static int aie2_init(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
> +{
…
> +	const struct firmware *fw;

I suggest to take another software design option better into account
also according to the application of scope-based resource management.

* You may reduce the scope of such a local variable.

* How do you think about to use the attribute “__free(firmware)”?
  https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10/source/include/linux/firmware.h#L202

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> +	ret = request_firmware(&fw, ndev->priv->fw_path, &pdev->dev);
…


Regards,
Markus


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