[PATCH v2 1/2] thermal/drivers/imx: Fix thermal zone leak on probe error path

From: Felix Gu

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 09:11:47 EST


If pm_runtime_resume_and_get() fails after the thermal zone has been
registered, the probe error path cleans up runtime PM but skips
thermal_zone_device_unregister(), leaking the thermal zone device.

Switch to use devm_thermal_of_zone_register() to fix the problem.

Fixes: 4cf2ddf16e17 ("thermal/drivers/imx: Implement runtime PM support")
Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
index 38c993d1bcb3..3729c3eac748 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
@@ -216,6 +216,20 @@ struct imx_thermal_data {
const char *temp_grade;
};

+static int imx_thermal_sync_zone_trip(struct thermal_trip *trip, void *arg)
+{
+ struct imx_thermal_data *data = arg;
+ int temp;
+
+ if (trip->type != THERMAL_TRIP_PASSIVE && trip->type != THERMAL_TRIP_CRITICAL)
+ return 0;
+
+ temp = trips[trip->type].temperature;
+ thermal_zone_set_trip_temp(data->tz, trip, temp);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void imx_set_panic_temp(struct imx_thermal_data *data,
int panic_temp)
{
@@ -679,13 +693,8 @@ static int imx_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto legacy_cleanup;
}

- data->tz = thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips("imx_thermal_zone",
- trips,
- ARRAY_SIZE(trips),
- data,
- &imx_tz_ops, NULL,
- IMX_PASSIVE_DELAY,
- IMX_POLLING_DELAY);
+ data->irq_enabled = true;
+ data->tz = devm_thermal_of_zone_register(dev, 0, data, &imx_tz_ops);
if (IS_ERR(data->tz)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(data->tz);
dev_err(dev, "failed to register thermal zone device %d\n",
@@ -693,6 +702,8 @@ static int imx_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto clk_disable;
}

+ thermal_zone_for_each_trip(data->tz, imx_thermal_sync_zone_trip, data);
+
dev_info(dev, "%s CPU temperature grade - max:%dC"
" critical:%dC passive:%dC\n", data->temp_grade,
data->temp_max / 1000, trips[IMX_TRIP_CRITICAL].temperature / 1000,
@@ -724,25 +735,18 @@ static int imx_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret < 0)
goto disable_runtime_pm;

- data->irq_enabled = true;
- ret = thermal_zone_device_enable(data->tz);
- if (ret)
- goto thermal_zone_unregister;
-
ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, data->irq,
imx_thermal_alarm_irq, imx_thermal_alarm_irq_thread,
0, "imx_thermal", data);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "failed to request alarm irq: %d\n", ret);
- goto thermal_zone_unregister;
+ goto disable_runtime_pm;
}

pm_runtime_put(data->dev);

return 0;

-thermal_zone_unregister:
- thermal_zone_device_unregister(data->tz);
disable_runtime_pm:
pm_runtime_put_noidle(data->dev);
pm_runtime_disable(data->dev);
@@ -761,7 +765,6 @@ static void imx_thermal_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_runtime_put_noidle(data->dev);
pm_runtime_disable(data->dev);

- thermal_zone_device_unregister(data->tz);
imx_thermal_unregister_legacy_cooling(data);
}


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