linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart

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Date:   Sat, 13 May 2023 19:25:03 +0900
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     XuDong Liu <m202071377@...t.edu.cn>
Cc:     Al Cooper <alcooperx@...il.com>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Dongliang Mu <dzm91@...t.edu.cn>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 08:51:00PM +0800, XuDong Liu wrote:
> Smatch reports:
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm7271.c:1120 brcmuart_probe() warn: 
> 'baud_mux_clk' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1032.
> 
> In the function brcmuart_probe(), baud_mux_clk was not correctly released
> in subsequent error handling, which may cause memory leaks.
> 
> To fix this issue, an error handling branch, err_clk_put, is added to
> release the variable using clk_put(), and an err_disable branch is added
> to meet the requirement of balancing clk_disable and clk_enable calls.
> 
> Fixes: 15ac1122fd6d ("serial: 8250_bcm7271: Fix arbitration handling")
> Signed-off-by: XuDong Liu <m202071377@...t.edu.cn>
> Reviewed-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@...t.edu.cn>
> ---
> The issue is discovered by static analysis, and the patch is not tested
> yet.

Please test it.

thanks,

greg k-h