Re: [PATCH] serial: altera_jtaguart: handle uart_add_one_port() failures

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 03:44:57PM +0900, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> altera_jtaguart_probe() maps the register window before registering the
> UART port, but it ignores failures from uart_add_one_port(). If port
> registration fails, probe still returns success and the mapping remains
> live until a later remove path that is not part of probe failure cleanup.
> 
> Return the uart_add_one_port() error and unmap the register window on
> that failure path.
> 
> Fixes: 5bcd601049c6 ("serial: Add driver for the Altera JTAG UART")
> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c
> index d47a62d1c9..15588b6dc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/altera_jtaguart.c
> @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ static int altera_jtaguart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct resource *res_mem;
>  	int i = pdev->id;
>  	int irq;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	/* -1 emphasizes that the platform must have one port, no .N suffix */
>  	if (i == -1)
> @@ -418,7 +419,12 @@ static int altera_jtaguart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	port->flags = UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
>  	port->dev = &pdev->dev;
>  
> -	uart_add_one_port(&altera_jtaguart_driver, port);
> +	ret = uart_add_one_port(&altera_jtaguart_driver, port);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		iounmap(port->membase);
> +		port->membase = NULL;

Why is membase being set to NULL, that should not be needed, right?

How was this tested?

thanks,

greg k-h