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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: sean@mess.org, martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com,
	neil.armstrong@linaro.org, hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] media: meson-ir-tx: Ensure rc_free_device() is called on unbind" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
Date: Sat,  7 Nov 2026 05:28:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261107052820-failed-6.6-32999b8a9d5c@kernel.org> (raw)

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 32999b8a9d5c4f497c9739e70ac4ee390cd650a7
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261107052820-failed-6.6-32999b8a9d5c@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 32999b8a9d5c4f497c9739e70ac4ee390cd650a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 19:24:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] media: meson-ir-tx: Ensure rc_free_device() is called on
 unbind

Make rc_dev devm managed.

Fixes: dccc0c3ddf8f ("media: rc: fix race between unregister and urb/irq callbacks")
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/media/rc/meson-ir-tx.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir-tx.c b/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir-tx.c
index 6beb9e97453dd..e8e3c1a303279 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir-tx.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int meson_irtx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "irq request failed\n");
 
-	rc = rc_allocate_device(RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX);
+	rc = devm_rc_allocate_device(dev, RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX);
 	if (!rc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -359,10 +359,8 @@ static int meson_irtx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rc->s_tx_duty_cycle = meson_irtx_set_duty_cycle;
 
 	ret = devm_rc_register_device(dev, rc);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		rc_free_device(rc);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "rc_dev registration failed\n");
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.53.0





             reply	other threads:[~2026-11-07 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 10:28 Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-11-10  2:49 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/3] media: meson-ir-tx: Convert to use devm_rc_register_device() Sasha Levin
2026-11-10  2:49   ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] media: meson-ir-tx: Simplify and improve using dev_err_probe() Sasha Levin
2026-11-10  2:49   ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/3] media: meson-ir-tx: Ensure rc_free_device() is called on unbind Sasha Levin

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