[PATCH v2] EDAC/altera: Fix SDMMC PortB OF node reference leak

From: Yuho Choi

Date: Sun May 03 2026 - 17:26:14 EST


of_find_compatible_node() returns a device node with its refcount
incremented. altr_portb_setup() looks up the SDMMC ECC node but does
not drop that reference on error paths or after successful setup.

Route those exits through an of_node_put() cleanup path. Also free the
EDAC control info if devres_open_group() fails after dci has been
allocated, and release the devres group before freeing dci because
altdev is stored in dci->pvt_info.

Fixes: 911049845d70 ("EDAC, altera: Add Arria10 SD-MMC EDAC support")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Free the EDAC control info when devres_open_group() fails after dci
has been allocated.
- Release the PortB devres group before freeing dci so altdev->ddev
remains valid during devres cleanup.
- Keep the !dci failure path limited to dropping the OF node reference.

drivers/edac/altera_edac.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c b/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
index 4edd2088c2db..1b050e35ec4b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
@@ -1526,15 +1526,18 @@ static int altr_portb_setup(struct altr_edac_device_dev *device)
edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_DEVICE,
"%s: Unable to allocate PortB EDAC device\n",
ecc_name);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ rc = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_put_node;
}

/* Initialize the PortB EDAC device structure from PortA structure */
altdev = dci->pvt_info;
*altdev = *device;

- if (!devres_open_group(&altdev->ddev, altr_portb_setup, GFP_KERNEL))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!devres_open_group(&altdev->ddev, altr_portb_setup, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+ rc = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_free_ctl;
+ }

/* Update PortB specific values */
altdev->edac_dev_name = ecc_name;
@@ -1607,13 +1610,17 @@ static int altr_portb_setup(struct altr_edac_device_dev *device)

devres_remove_group(&altdev->ddev, altr_portb_setup);

- return 0;
+ rc = 0;
+ goto out_put_node;

err_release_group_1:
- edac_device_free_ctl_info(dci);
devres_release_group(&altdev->ddev, altr_portb_setup);
+err_free_ctl:
+ edac_device_free_ctl_info(dci);
edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_DEVICE,
"%s:Error setting up EDAC device: %d\n", ecc_name, rc);
+out_put_node:
+ of_node_put(np);
return rc;
}

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2.43.0