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From: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.dev>
To: Xiangwu Lai <laixiangwu@cmss.chinamobile.com>,
	vkoul@kernel.org, yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com
Cc: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] soundwire: mipi_disco: Put fwnode on property array read errors
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:10:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <530744dd-da1c-4c60-b344-67e8f895b28f@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112060943.1916-1-laixiangwu@cmss.chinamobile.com>

On 11/12/26 07:09, Xiangwu Lai wrote:
> sdw_master_read_prop() and sdw_slave_read_dpn() take a fwnode
> reference with device_get_named_child_node() and already release it
> on the -ENOMEM and success paths.  However, the error paths added
> for the property array reads jump straight out without dropping the
> reference, leaking it on every failed read.  The lane-list support
> in sdw_slave_read_dpn() is even missing the put on its -ENOMEM path,
> unlike the other array allocations in the same function.
> 
> Release the reference on those error paths as well, matching the
> existing -ENOMEM handling in the same functions.
> 
> Fixes: a489afc105ed ("soundwire: mipi-disco: add error handling for property array read")
> Fixes: 71b405b18444 ("soundwire: mipi-disco: add support for DP0/DPn 'lane-list' property")
> Signed-off-by: Xiangwu Lai <laixiangwu@cmss.chinamobile.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> 
> - Fix the subject of the first Fixes tag to match the commit title
>   ("mipi-disco" instead of "mipi_disco") and add a second Fixes tag
>   for the lane-list error paths, which were introduced by a different
>   commit and also cover the missing put on the lane-list -ENOMEM
>   path (suggested by Sashiko AI review).
> - Note: an earlier attempt to fix these leaks using __free() was
>   posted in 2024 but never merged:
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241019-mipi_disco-of_node_put-v1-1-1de27e6852c4@gmail.com/

Thanks for the patch, the existing code is indeed inconsistent. LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.dev>



      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-12  8:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-12  6:09 [PATCH v2] soundwire: mipi_disco: Put fwnode on property array read errors Xiangwu Lai
2026-11-12  8:10 ` Pierre-Louis Bossart [this message]

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