On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 01:00:13PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
In i2c_amd_probe(), amd_mp2_find_device() utilizes driver_find_next_device() which internally calls driver_find_device() to locate the matching device. driver_find_device() increments the reference count of the found device by calling get_device(), but amd_mp2_find_device() fails to call put_device() to decrement the reference count before returning. This results in a reference count leak of the PCI device each time i2c_amd_probe() is executed, which may prevent the device from being properly released and cause a memory leak.
Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply an attribute like “__free(put_device)”? https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17-rc7/source/include/linux/device.h#L11...
Regards, Markus
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