linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak

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Message-ID: <aR8TWJurF1a0LLGJ@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:10:48 +0100
From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, imx@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 05:34:56PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Make sure to drop the reference taken to the DDC device during probe on
> probe failure (e.g. probe deferral) and on driver unbind.
> 
> Fixes: fcbc51e54d2a ("staging: drm/imx: Add support for Television Encoder (TVEv2)")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org	# 3.10
> Cc: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - add missing NULL ddc check

Can this one be picked up for 6.19?

Johan