linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: platforms: 52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path

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Date:   Sat, 29 Jan 2022 10:50:07 +0100
From:   Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
        John Bonesio <bones@...retlab.ca>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: platforms: 52xx: Fix a resource leak in an
 error handling path

On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 08:16:04 +0100
Christophe JAILLET christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr wrote:

>The error handling path of mpc52xx_lpbfifo_probe() and a request_irq() is
>not balanced by a corresponding free_irq().
>
>Add the missing call, as already done in the remove function.
>
>Fixes: 3c9059d79f5e ("powerpc/5200: add LocalPlus bus FIFO device driver")
>Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
>---
>Another strange thing is that the remove function has:
>	/* Release the bestcomm transmit task */
>	free_irq(bcom_get_task_irq(lpbfifo.bcom_tx_task), &lpbfifo);
>but I've not been able to find a corresponding request_irq().

This driver does not request the tx task irq itself, but a fifo
client driver can request/free tx interrupts for submitted
fifo write tasks, like mpc5200 fec and pata drivers do, so
it is okay.

>Is it dead code? Is there something missing in the probe?

No.

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Anatolij