Re: [PATCH] iio: proximity: srf04: fix error handling in srf04_probe()

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:03:17 +0100
Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com> wrote:

> If pm_runtime_set_active() fails during srf04_probe(),
> iio_device_unregister() is called to cleanup, but the driver continues to
> execute pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_idle() instead of aborting
> probe.
> 
> Fix this by returning 'ret' immediately inside the error path if
> pm_runtime_set_active() fails, preventing invalid runtime PM operations on
> an unregistered device.
> 
> Fixes: 2251157b335b ("iio: srf04: add power management feature")
> Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
Fixed a few weeks back.

Thanks

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c
> index 7be50bdebfcb..e03f3f0dee04 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf04.c
> @@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static int srf04_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		if (ret) {
>  			dev_err(data->dev, "pm_runtime_set_active: %d\n", ret);
>  			iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
> +			return ret;
>  		}
>  
>  		pm_runtime_enable(data->dev);