[PATCH] spi: axiado: Fix double-free in ax_spi_probe()

From: Felix Gu

Date: Sun Mar 01 2026 - 12:08:52 EST


ctlr is allocated using devm_spi_alloc_host(), which automatically
handles reference counting via the devm framework.

Calling spi_controller_put() manually in the probe error path is
redundant and results in a double-free.

Fixes: e75a6b00ad79 ("spi: axiado: Add driver for Axiado SPI DB controller")
Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spi-axiado.c | 31 +++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-axiado.c b/drivers/spi/spi-axiado.c
index 8cea81432c5b..8ddcd27def22 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-axiado.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-axiado.c
@@ -765,30 +765,22 @@ static int ax_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ctlr);

xspi->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(xspi->regs)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(xspi->regs);
- goto remove_ctlr;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(xspi->regs))
+ return PTR_ERR(xspi->regs);

xspi->pclk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "pclk");
- if (IS_ERR(xspi->pclk)) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "pclk clock not found.\n");
- ret = PTR_ERR(xspi->pclk);
- goto remove_ctlr;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(xspi->pclk))
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, PTR_ERR(xspi->pclk),
+ "pclk clock not found.\n");

xspi->ref_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "ref");
- if (IS_ERR(xspi->ref_clk)) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ref clock not found.\n");
- ret = PTR_ERR(xspi->ref_clk);
- goto remove_ctlr;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(xspi->ref_clk))
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, PTR_ERR(xspi->ref_clk),
+ "ref clock not found.\n");

ret = clk_prepare_enable(xspi->pclk);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to enable APB clock.\n");
- goto remove_ctlr;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Unable to enable APB clock.\n");

ret = clk_prepare_enable(xspi->ref_clk);
if (ret) {
@@ -869,8 +861,7 @@ static int ax_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
clk_disable_unprepare(xspi->ref_clk);
clk_dis_apb:
clk_disable_unprepare(xspi->pclk);
-remove_ctlr:
- spi_controller_put(ctlr);
+
return ret;
}


---
base-commit: 3fa5e5702a82d259897bd7e209469bc06368bf31
change-id: 20260302-axiado-b10bf8b449eb

Best regards,
--
Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>