[PATCH] powerpc: cell: Fix a reference leak bug in create_spu()

Haoxiang Li haoxiang_li2024 at 163.com
Thu Dec 4 21:20:47 AEDT 2025


spu_create_dev() calls device_register(), if it fails, put_device()
is required to drop the device reference.

Fixes: 8a25a2fd126c ("cpu: convert 'cpu' and 'machinecheck' sysdev_class to a regular subsystem")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024 at 163.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
index 2c07387201d0..18145142d3ac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
@@ -581,8 +581,10 @@ static int __init create_spu(void *data)
 		goto out_destroy;
 
 	ret = spu_create_dev(spu);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		put_device(&spu->dev);
 		goto out_free_irqs;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&cbe_spu_info[spu->node].list_mutex);
 	list_add(&spu->cbe_list, &cbe_spu_info[spu->node].spus);
-- 
2.25.1



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