Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: fix a reference leak in __dma_async_device_channel_register()

29 Dec 2025


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@@ -1102,6 +1103,7 @@ static int __dma_async_device_channel_register(struct dma_device *device,
   else
   	dev_set_name(&chan->dev->device, "%s", name);
   rc = device_register(&chan->dev->device);

dev_registered = true;
if (rc)
goto err_out_ida;
chan->client_count = 0;

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I find the additional variable assignment still questionable at this source code place.
Regards,
Markus

    