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From: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
To: jckuo@nvidia.com, vkoul@kernel.org, kishon@kernel.org,
	thierry.reding@gmail.com, jonathanh@nvidia.com
Cc: linux-phy@lists.infradead.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] phy: Fix error handling in tegra_xusb_pad_init
Date: Tue,  4 Nov 2025 09:28:20 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251104012820.35336-1-make24@iscas.ac.cn> (raw)

If device_add() fails, do not use device_unregister() for error
handling. device_unregister() consists two functions: device_del() and
put_device(). device_unregister() should only be called after
device_add() succeeded because device_del() undoes what device_add()
does if successful.

As comment of device_add() says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should
call device_del() when you want to get rid of it. If device_add() has
not succeeded, use only put_device() to drop the reference count'.

In tegra_xusb_pad_init(), both dev_set_name() and device_add() may
fail. In either case, we should only use put_device(). After
device_initialize(), the device has a reference count of 1. If
dev_set_name() fails, device_add() has not been called. If
device_add() fails, it has already cleaned up after itself.
device_unregister() would incorrectly call device_del() when
device_add() was never successful. Therefore, change both error paths
to use put_device() instead of device_unregister().

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 53d2a715c240 ("phy: Add Tegra XUSB pad controller support")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
---
Changes in v2:
- modified the Fixes tag;
- modified the patch description.
---
 drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c b/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c
index c89df95aa6ca..d89493d68699 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c
@@ -171,16 +171,16 @@ int tegra_xusb_pad_init(struct tegra_xusb_pad *pad,
 
 	err = dev_set_name(&pad->dev, "%s", pad->soc->name);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto unregister;
+		goto put_device;
 
 	err = device_add(&pad->dev);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto unregister;
+		goto put_device;
 
 	return 0;
 
-unregister:
-	device_unregister(&pad->dev);
+put_device:
+	put_device(&pad->dev);
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-11-04  1:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-04  1:28 Ma Ke [this message]
2025-11-04 13:46 ` Jon Hunter
2025-11-04 16:17 ` Markus Elfring

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