Re: [PATCH] USB: ohci-nxp: Fix error handling in ohci-hcd-nxp driver

[Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>]

On 11/16/25 03:06, Ma Ke wrote:
> When obtaining the ISP1301 I2C client through the device tree, the
> driver does not release the device reference in the probe failure path
> or in the remove function. This could cause a reference count leak,
> which may prevent the device from being properly unbound or freed,
> leading to resource leakage. Add put_device() to release the reference
> in the probe failure path and in the remove function.
> 
> Found by code review.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 73108aa90cbf ("USB: ohci-nxp: Use isp1301 driver")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c
> index 24d5a1dc5056..f79558ef0b45 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c
> @@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static int ohci_hcd_nxp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   fail_resource:
>   	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
>   fail_disable:
> +	if (isp1301_i2c_client)
> +		put_device(&isp1301_i2c_client->dev);
>   	isp1301_i2c_client = NULL;
>   	return ret;
>   }
> @@ -234,6 +236,8 @@ static void ohci_hcd_nxp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	usb_remove_hcd(hcd);
>   	ohci_nxp_stop_hc();
>   	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
> +	if (isp1301_i2c_client)
> +		put_device(&isp1301_i2c_client->dev);
>   	isp1301_i2c_client = NULL;
>   }
>   

For v2 please remove checks for !isp1301_i2c_client as pointed out by Alan Stern,
and then feel free to add

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>

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Best wishes,
Vladimir