Re: [PATCH] ACPI / device_sysfs: Use ACPI_FREE for ACPI object deallocation

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM Kaushlendra Kumar
<kaushlendra.kumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Replace kfree() with ACPI_FREE() for deallocating ACPI objects in the
> description_show() function.
>
> The str_obj variable contains an ACPI object that was allocated through
> ACPI subsystem functions. Such objects should be freed using ACPI_FREE()
> rather than the generic kfree() to ensure proper cleanup and maintain
> consistency with ACPI memory management conventions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
> index 3961fc47152c..cd199fbe4dc9 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
> @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static ssize_t description_show(struct device *dev,
>
>         buf[result++] = '\n';
>
> -       kfree(str_obj);
> +       ACPI_FREE(str_obj);
>
>         return result;
>  }
> --

Applied as 6.18 material under a modified subject and with a new changelog.

Thanks!