From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
Cc: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] soc: amlogic: canvas: fix device leak on lookup
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:24:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250926142454.5929-2-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250926142454.5929-1-johan@kernel.org>
Make sure to drop the reference taken to the canvas platform device when
looking up its driver data.
Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver
data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
Also note that commit 28f851e6afa8 ("soc: amlogic: canvas: add missing
put_device() call in meson_canvas_get()") fixed the leak in a lookup
error path, but the reference is still leaking on success.
Fixes: d4983983d987 ("soc: amlogic: add meson-canvas driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.20: 28f851e6afa8
Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c b/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c
index b6e06c4d2117..0711088da5dc 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ struct meson_canvas *meson_canvas_get(struct device *dev)
* current state, this driver probe cannot return -EPROBE_DEFER
*/
canvas = dev_get_drvdata(&canvas_pdev->dev);
- if (!canvas) {
- put_device(&canvas_pdev->dev);
+ put_device(&canvas_pdev->dev);
+ if (!canvas)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- }
return canvas;
}
--
2.49.1
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From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
Cc: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] soc: amlogic: canvas: fix device leak on lookup
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:24:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250926142454.5929-2-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250926142454.5929-1-johan@kernel.org>
Make sure to drop the reference taken to the canvas platform device when
looking up its driver data.
Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver
data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
Also note that commit 28f851e6afa8 ("soc: amlogic: canvas: add missing
put_device() call in meson_canvas_get()") fixed the leak in a lookup
error path, but the reference is still leaking on success.
Fixes: d4983983d987 ("soc: amlogic: add meson-canvas driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.20: 28f851e6afa8
Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c b/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c
index b6e06c4d2117..0711088da5dc 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/amlogic/meson-canvas.c
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ struct meson_canvas *meson_canvas_get(struct device *dev)
* current state, this driver probe cannot return -EPROBE_DEFER
*/
canvas = dev_get_drvdata(&canvas_pdev->dev);
- if (!canvas) {
- put_device(&canvas_pdev->dev);
+ put_device(&canvas_pdev->dev);
+ if (!canvas)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- }
return canvas;
}
--
2.49.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-26 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-26 14:24 [PATCH 0/2] soc: amlogic: canvas: fix device leak on lookup Johan Hovold
2025-09-26 14:24 ` Johan Hovold
2025-09-26 14:24 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2025-09-26 14:24 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Johan Hovold
2025-09-26 19:15 ` Markus Elfring
2025-09-26 19:15 ` Markus Elfring
2025-10-04 19:52 ` Martin Blumenstingl
2025-10-04 19:52 ` Martin Blumenstingl
2025-09-26 14:24 ` [PATCH 2/2] soc: amlogic: canvas: simplify lookup error handling Johan Hovold
2025-09-26 14:24 ` Johan Hovold
2025-09-26 19:18 ` Markus Elfring
2025-09-26 19:18 ` Markus Elfring
2025-10-04 19:53 ` Martin Blumenstingl
2025-10-04 19:53 ` Martin Blumenstingl
2025-10-21 12:29 ` [PATCH 0/2] soc: amlogic: canvas: fix device leak on lookup Neil Armstrong
2025-10-21 12:29 ` Neil Armstrong
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