Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: sm501: fix reference leak on failed device registration

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 04 May 2026, Miquel Raynal wrote:

> On Mon, 04 May 2026 15:48:41 +0300, Valery Borovsky wrote:
> > When platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the
> > platform device allocated by sm501_create_subdev() has its struct device
> > initialized by device_initialize() inside platform_device_register(). The
> > error path logs the error but returns without dropping the device reference,
> > leaking the memory allocated by sm501_create_subdev():
> > 
> >   sm501_register_device()
> >     -> platform_device_register(pdev)
> >        -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev)   /* kref = 1 */
> >        -> platform_device_add(pdev)       /* fails */
> >     <- dev_err() called, kref still 1, sm501_device_release never called
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Applied to mtd/next, thanks!

I think you misread the subject line.

> [1/1] mfd: sm501: fix reference leak on failed device registration
>       commit: faa9bba3fe2f37e7dcb26d4501d890fbfd7df160
> 
> Patche(s) should be available on mtd/linux.git and will be
> part of the next PR (provided that no robot complains by then).

Please remove this from your tree.  It should be handled via M[F]D.

Thanks.

-- 
Lee Jones