linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soc: microchip: mpfs: Fix memory leak in mpfs_sys_controller

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Message-ID: <20260115-jukebox-material-b3a74f84744a@spud>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:17:02 +0000
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
Cc: conor@...nel.org,
	Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
	daire.mcnamara@...rochip.com,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@....edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: microchip: mpfs: Fix memory leak in mpfs_sys_controller_probe()

From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>

On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:48:36 +0000, Zilin Guan wrote:
> In mpfs_sys_controller_probe(), if of_get_mtd_device_by_node() fails,
> the function returns immediately without freeing the allocated memory
> for sys_controller, leading to a memory leak.
> 
> Fix this by jumping to the out_free label to ensure the memory is
> properly freed.
> 
> [...]

Applied to riscv-soc-fixes, thanks!

[1/1] soc: microchip: mpfs: Fix memory leak in mpfs_sys_controller_probe()
      https://git.kernel.org/conor/c/5a741f8cc6fe

Thanks,
Conor.