[PATCH] powerpc/pasemi: Fix PCI device reference leak on error path

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Wed Sep 3 00:34:28 AEST 2025


> Fix iob_pdev reference leak in pasemi_dma_init() when dma_pdev
> allocation fails. Ensure pci_dev_put(iob_pdev) is called on
> both success and error paths.

How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management?


…
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/dma_lib.c
> @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ int pasemi_dma_init(void)
>  		BUG();
>  		pr_warn("Can't find DMA controller\n");
>  		err = -ENODEV;
> -		goto out;

Is it sufficient to add the function call “pci_dev_put(iob_pdev)”
in this if branch?


> +		goto out_put_iob;
>  	}
>  	dma_regs = map_onedev(dma_pdev, 0);
…

Regards,
Markus


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