Re: [PATCH] iio: proximity: vl53l0x: Fix trigger reference leak in vl53l0x_probe()

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:40:43 +0000
Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn> wrote:

> The reference taken with iio_trigger_get() is only dropped by
> iio_dev_release() when INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED is set. Failure of
> vl53l0x_configure_irq() or of triggered buffer setup returns before
> that mode is set and leaks the reference acquired for
> indio_dev->trig. Move the iio_trigger_get() after those setup steps
> succeed.
> 
> Fixes: 762186c6e7b1 ("iio: proximity: vl53l0x-i2c: Added continuous mode support")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Not this way for same reason as in other similar patches. 
Subtle ordering constraints are not maintainable so any fix for these
leaks needs to not require that.

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c
> index ad3e46d47fa8..abef4129e645 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c
> @@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ static int vl53l0x_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
>  
> -		indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(data->trig);
> -
>  		ret = vl53l0x_configure_irq(client, indio_dev);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
> @@ -387,6 +385,8 @@ static int vl53l0x_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  					&iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ops);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
> +
> +		indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(data->trig);
>  	}
>  
>  	return devm_iio_device_register(&client->dev, indio_dev);