Re: [PATCH v2] phy: HiSilicon: Fix error handling in hi3670_pcie_get_resources_from_pcie

[Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>]

On 11/17/25 02:02, Ma Ke wrote:
> In hi3670_pcie_get_resources_from_pcie(), the reference obtained via
> bus_find_device_by_of_node() is never released with put_device(). Each
> call to this function increments the reference count of the PCIe
> device without decrementing it, preventing proper device cleanup. And
> the device node obtained via of_get_child_by_name() is never released
> with of_node_put(). This could cause a leak of the node reference.
> 
> Add proper resource cleanup using goto labels to ensure all acquired
> references are released before function return, regardless of the exit
> path.
> 
> Found by code review.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 73075011ffff ("phy: HiSilicon: Add driver for Kirin 970 PCIe PHY")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - modified the patch for the warning that variable 'ret' is set but not used.
> ---
>   drivers/phy/hisilicon/phy-hi3670-pcie.c | 15 +++++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/hisilicon/phy-hi3670-pcie.c b/drivers/phy/hisilicon/phy-hi3670-pcie.c
> index dbc7dcce682b..9960c9da9b4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/hisilicon/phy-hi3670-pcie.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/hisilicon/phy-hi3670-pcie.c
> @@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ static int hi3670_pcie_get_resources_from_pcie(struct hi3670_pcie_phy *phy)
>   {
>   	struct device_node *pcie_port;
>   	struct device *dev = phy->dev;
> -	struct device *pcie_dev;
> +	struct device *pcie_dev = NULL;
> +	int ret = 0;
>   
>   	pcie_port = of_get_child_by_name(dev->parent->of_node, "pcie");
>   	if (!pcie_port) {
> @@ -572,7 +573,8 @@ static int hi3670_pcie_get_resources_from_pcie(struct hi3670_pcie_phy *phy)
>   	pcie_dev = bus_find_device_by_of_node(&platform_bus_type, pcie_port);
>   	if (!pcie_dev) {
>   		dev_err(dev, "Didn't find pcie device\n");
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
> +		goto out_put_node;
>   	}
>   
>   	/*
> @@ -586,10 +588,15 @@ static int hi3670_pcie_get_resources_from_pcie(struct hi3670_pcie_phy *phy)
>   	phy->apb = dev_get_regmap(pcie_dev, "kirin_pcie_apb");
>   	if (!phy->apb) {
>   		dev_err(dev, "Failed to get APB regmap\n");
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
> +		goto out_put_device;
>   	}
>   
> -	return 0;
> +out_put_device:
> +	put_device(pcie_dev);
> +out_put_node:
> +	of_node_put(pcie_port);
> +	return ret;
>   }
>   
>   static int kirin_pcie_clk_ctrl(struct hi3670_pcie_phy *phy, bool enable)

Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>

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