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LinuxKPI: devres: divorce dem_kfree from lkpi_devm_kmalloc_release
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Authored by bz on Aug 21 2025, 9:00 AM.
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Summary

dem_kfree() is called from all over the place and should actually
do something; contrary to lkpi_devm_kmalloc_release() it can also
take a const void *. We have to __DECONST() that though as the
entire devres framework does otherwise not take a const argument.

This was discovered during the rtw89 upadte to 6.16.

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 3 days

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