ruct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	 */
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &fs_ecm_notify_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	ecm->notify = ep;
 
-	status = -ENOMEM;
-
 	/* allocate notification request and buffer */
-	ecm->notify_req = usb_ep_alloc_request(ep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ecm->notify_req)
-		goto fail;
-	ecm->notify_req->buf = kmalloc(ECM_STATUS_BYTECOUNT, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ecm->notify_req->buf)
-		goto fail;
-	ecm->notify_req->context = ecm;
-	ecm->notify_req->complete = ecm_notify_complete;
+	request = usb_ep_alloc_request(ep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!request)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	request->buf = kmalloc(ECM_STATUS_BYTECOUNT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!request->buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	request->context = ecm;
+	request->complete = ecm_notify_complete;
 
 	/* support all relevant hardware speeds... we expect that when
 	 * hardware is dual speed, all bulk-capable endpoints work at
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ ecm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	status = usb_assign_descriptors(f, ecm_fs_function, ecm_hs_function,
 			ecm_ss_function, ecm_ss_function);
 	if (status)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
 
 	/* NOTE:  all that is done without knowing or caring about
 	 * the network link ... which is unavailable to this code
@@ -788,20 +788,12 @@ ecm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	ecm->port.open = ecm_open;
 	ecm->port.close = ecm_close;
 
+	ecm->notify_req = no_free_ptr(request);
+
 	DBG(cdev, "CDC Ethernet: IN/%s OUT/%s NOTIFY/%s\n",
 			ecm->port.in_ep->name, ecm->port.out_ep->name,
 			ecm->notify->name);
 	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	if (ecm->notify_req) {
-		kfree(ecm->notify_req->buf);
-		usb_ep_free_request(ecm->notify, ecm->notify_req);
-	}
-
-	ERROR(cdev, "%s: can't bind, err %d\n", f->name, status);
-
-	return status;
 }
 
 static inline struct f_ecm_opts *to_f_ecm_opts(struct config_item *item)FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_ecm: Refactor bind path to use __free()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> undefinedkhtsai@google.com,gregkh@linuxfoundation.org undefined undefined¯1ƒž`