[PATCH] counter: ti-eqep: fix refcount leak in ti_eqep_probe()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 05:52:59 EST


After a successful pm_runtime_get_sync(), ti_eqep_probe() can fail
if devm_clk_get_enabled() returns an error. In that case the
runtime PM reference is never released, causing a refcount leak.

Fix this by adding pm_runtime_put_sync() and pm_runtime_disable()
calls before returning the error in the clock enable failure path.

The same cleanup pattern is already used when counter_add() fails,
so this change makes the error handling consistent.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 0cf81c73e4c6 ("counter: ti-eqep: enable clock at probe")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c b/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
index d21c157e531a..84fbf500b0f8 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
@@ -548,8 +548,11 @@ static int ti_eqep_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);

clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dev, NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(clk))
+ if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
+ pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
+ pm_runtime_disable(dev);
return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(clk), "failed to enable clock\n");
+ }

err = counter_add(counter);
if (err < 0) {
--
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