linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix a reference leak bug in ip22_check

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2512050429410.49654@angie.orcam.me.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 11:54:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com>
cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, FlorianSchandinat@....de, 
    linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix a reference leak bug in ip22_check_gio()

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025, Haoxiang Li wrote:

> If gio_device_register fails, gio_dev_put() is required to
> drop the gio_dev device reference.
> 
> Fixes: e84de0c61905 ("MIPS: GIO bus support for SGI IP22/28")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

 Even if this does ever trigger in reality, it's seems like a benign issue 
that does not qualify for the -stable tree.  Please read the first section 
of Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst for the acceptance rules 
and if you still think this needs to be backported, then give rationale.

  Maciej