Re: [PATCH] fix: dma-buf: unwrap_merge_order: success path leaks chain and array fence references

["Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>]

On 6/26/26 14:21, WenTao Liang wrote:
> The success path only releases a2 via dma_fence_put but does not release
>   a1, c1, or c2. The dma_fence_get calls at lines 440 and 445 were intended
>   to pass references to mock_chain, but mock_chain already acquires its own
>   references internally, making these extra gets surplus and permanently
>   leaked.
> 

> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: b1cce631e61f ("dma-buf: add selftest for fence order after merge")

Please drop that, this is a minor issue in a unit test and not anything which needs backporting.

> Signed-off-by: WenTao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/dma-buf/st-dma-fence-unwrap.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/st-dma-fence-unwrap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/st-dma-fence-unwrap.c
> index 9c74195f47fd..72ca632e3981 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/st-dma-fence-unwrap.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/st-dma-fence-unwrap.c
> @@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ static int unwrap_merge_order(void *arg)
>  	}
>  
>  	dma_fence_put(a2);
> +	dma_fence_put(c2);
> +	dma_fence_put(a1);

That looks correct to me, but the error handler below is incorrect as well.

When c2 allocation fails we also need to release c1.

Regards,
Christian.

>  	return err;
>  
>  error_put_a1: