[cocci] A false positive for `free/devm_free.cocci`

Ricardo Ribalda <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:28:13 +0200
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
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Hi

This cycle, media-ci has triggered a false positive for devm_free.

The header already mentions that the check is prone to false
positives... but I hope that having a false positive could help you to
improve the check in the future.

https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/patch/[email protected]/

Thanks

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Ricardo Ribalda