Re: [PATCH 11/12] iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Prevent memory leak and fix statey

Hi Matti,

Thank you for the patch!

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 10:55:03AM +0300, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> From: Matti Vaittinen <[email protected]>
> 
> The driver allocates memory for samples at buffer enable path. If regmap
> operation fails in the kx022a_fifo_enable() at the buffer enable path, the
> allocated memory is never freed. Furthermore, the state information and
> previous hardware configuration(s) aren't undone, potentially leaving
> WMI interrupts and buffers enabled, or driver state flags wrong.
> 
> Free the memory and revert the hardware configuration and state flags on
> error path.

Reviewed-by: Mehdi Djait <[email protected]>

> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <[email protected]>
> Fixes: e7123a4dfcd7 ("iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Refactor driver and add chip_info structure")
> ---
>  drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
> index 8a13f78aeab0..49e8b4b943da 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
> @@ -980,26 +980,43 @@ static int kx022a_fifo_enable(struct kx022a_data *data)

Do you think this error handling should also be done for kx022a_fifo_disable():
in case __kx022a_turn_on_off() or one of the regmap_clear_bits() fails before
we free the fifo_buffer ?

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Kind Regards
Mehdi Djait