From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB9E84F3EDC; Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:06:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790089614; cv=none; b=rDJKQgerddcUFWlo9tOCF9xqrPPWOlymCb8ba+cSL1vUgtVpP5keztpmTbaPubMrN5gXR32SZ96v7GnC5E6vySFXwLX5ernNXSqNRHrT4Rbb1Lk6XWJqCQBqnyHr9MuMEAth2vD/ub1SRvNnVWdZG9iiCgG82lMHth41VXqbeno= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790089614; c=relaxed/simple; bh=FZIpbMYCzxpWSH/Jvwy8XzI4+0omcrELLpPJD7o7m0A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=rk7Lz4YaMPQArM2vLRxrqa87NH2cva2uNLS0ukELUf6MUDxZZ4BAJ3ED9qwIk7nMKU5qGagNtoLmgWEMHFFPdYM9L+iKt+2Ebmhba7Oa5Sl0NFeNBe2ml/EPDBxVXWbmm1obB4bFIi/MNRU7IAXFqUIpVP7k6rV3em/GKokD3m8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=iOeOu3IT; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="iOeOu3IT" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7999B1F000FF; Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:06:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1790089606; bh=53fsJdkIfxgZlnOW/zvzbnoGCJx/tK46AeJD3nm9ZF0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=iOeOu3ITvHkaxWjsXya2tWPh/n7hEpsoWRHiZZGTNy+y0Z79VEqZLsDaHPcumOKPs 9dL721/bgFKtkqi98YaTLPEDK0qYAHf9pnKGesbOftSBpxLu6L9OwYZFhwqHMie/5c sR3qmUaOkHKciHz9pLZCrI1CXLDp4H1DbjE1Zw/AWXFRcM8md8pQp8CQfttYxIxBCM Tk9i7JNdcX4j90QJpMu0f8UxWWQhhgpcbcaPL9cKg0SKobmaigXu65Kg9W5gpUKkcR dEWUUFkIsfzPvOWSxrdDsLc67K0n4xPpUTXp6H2aQe3TQmiJvZal+7UFwUMnjeaNm9 ilmlk+Y84eP/Q== Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:06:42 +0100 From: Lee Jones To: Guangshuo Li Cc: Linus Walleij , Samuel Ortiz , Mattias Wallin , Ludovic Barre , Alexandre Torgue , Julien Delacou , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, mfd@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: ab8500: fix child device leaks on probe failure Message-ID: <20260922150642.GH3277918@google.com> References: <20260921110909.370945-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> <20260922074137.GG2348773@google.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Tue, 22 Sep 2026, Guangshuo Li wrote: > Hi Lee, > > Thanks. > > On Tue, 22 Sept 2026 at 15:41, Lee Jones wrote: > > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2026, Guangshuo Li wrote: > > > > > ab8500_probe() registers MFD child devices before completing the > > > remaining device initialization. > > > > > > On AB8540, the main MFD device batch may be registered successfully > > > before registration of the cut-specific batch fails. In that case, > > > the probe returns without removing the child devices registered by > > > the earlier mfd_add_devices() call. > > > > > > The same issue occurs when sysfs group creation fails after the MFD > > > children have been registered. Since the probe returns an error, there > > > is no later teardown path to unregister those devices. > > > > > > Call mfd_remove_devices() on these error paths so that MFD child > > > devices successfully registered earlier in the probe are properly > > > unregistered and released. > > > > > > The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and > > > confirmed by manual review. > > > > > > Fixes: cca69b67b3ba ("mfd: Export ab8500 chip id to sysfs") > > > Fixes: 9c717cf3fa16 ("mfd: ab8500-core: Add device for new RTC version for AB8540 cut2") > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > > Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li > > > --- > > > drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c | 8 ++++++-- > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c > > > index f0bc0b5a6f4a..e675223b6023 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c > > > +++ b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c > > > @@ -1220,8 +1220,10 @@ static int ab8500_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > > ret = mfd_add_devices(ab8500->dev, 0, ab8500_devs, > > > ARRAY_SIZE(ab8500_devs), NULL, > > > 0, ab8500->domain); > > > - if (ret) > > > + if (ret) { > > > + mfd_remove_devices(ab8500->dev); > > > > What about switching to devm_*() a.k.a. managed resources? > > > > > return ret; > > > + } > > > > > > /* Add battery management devices */ > > > ret = mfd_add_devices(ab8500->dev, 0, ab8500_bm_devs, > > > @@ -1243,8 +1245,10 @@ static int ab8500_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > > ret = sysfs_create_group(&ab8500->dev->kobj, > > > &ab8505_attr_group); > > > > > > - if (ret) > > > + if (ret) { > > > dev_err(ab8500->dev, "error creating sysfs entries\n"); > > > + mfd_remove_devices(ab8500->dev); > > > + } > > > > > > return ret; > > > } > > > -- > > > 2.43.0 > > > > > > > -- > > Lee Jones > > Do you mean converting the MFD registrations in ab8500_probe() to > devm_mfd_add_devices(), so the children are cleaned up automatically on > probe failure, e.g.: > > - ret = mfd_add_devices(ab8500->dev, 0, ab8540_devs, > + ret = devm_mfd_add_devices(ab8500->dev, 0, ab8540_devs, > ARRAY_SIZE(ab8540_devs), NULL, > 0, ab8500->domain); > > ... > > - ret = mfd_add_devices(ab8500->dev, 0, ab8500_bm_devs, > + ret = devm_mfd_add_devices(ab8500->dev, 0, ab8500_bm_devs, > ARRAY_SIZE(ab8500_bm_devs), NULL, > 0, ab8500->domain); > > and likewise for the other MFD batches? > > If so, I'll rework the patch that way for v2. Yes. -- Lee Jones