Re: [PATCH -next] pwm: img: Fix PM reference leak in img_pwm_enable()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Jun 25 2021 - 13:45:28 EST


On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 6:52 AM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:57:17AM +0800, Zou Wei wrote:
> > pm_runtime_get_sync will increment pm usage counter even it failed.
> > Forgetting to putting operation will result in reference leak here.
> > Fix it by replacing it with pm_runtime_resume_and_get to keep usage
> > counter balanced.
> >
> > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Zou Wei <zou_wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pwm/pwm-img.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-img.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-img.c
> > index cc37054..11b16ec 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-img.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-img.c
> > @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static int img_pwm_enable(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
> > struct img_pwm_chip *pwm_chip = to_img_pwm_chip(chip);
> > int ret;
> >
> > - ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(chip->dev);
> > + ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(chip->dev);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > return ret;
>
> This patch looks right with my limited understanding of pm_runtime. A
> similar issue in this driver was fixed in commit
>
> ca162ce98110 ("pwm: img: Call pm_runtime_put() in pm_runtime_get_sync() failed case")
>
> where (even though the commit log talks about pm_runtime_put()) a call
> to pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() was added in the error path.
>
> I added the PM guys to Cc, maybe they can advise about the right thing
> to do here. Does it make sense to use the same idiom in both
> img_pwm_enable() and img_pwm_config()?

I think so.

And calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() in the img_pwm_enable() error
path would work too.