[PATCH v2] mailbox: mtk-cmdq: fix runtime PM usage counter leak in cmdq_mbox_flush

From: Manush Prajwal

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 12:31:22 EST


cmdq_mbox_flush() calls pm_runtime_get_sync() and returns its error
code directly on failure. Per Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst,
pm_runtime_get_sync() does not drop the usage counter on error, so the
caller is expected to release the reference itself. The early return
here skips that, leaking a runtime PM usage count on cmdq->mbox.dev on
every failed resume.

Fix it by switching to pm_runtime_resume_and_get(), which performs the
get-and-put internally on failure so the caller doesn't need a manual
pm_runtime_put_noidle(), per Markus Elfring's review of v1.

Signed-off-by: Manush Prajwal <manushprajwal555@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Use pm_runtime_resume_and_get() instead of pm_runtime_get_sync()
plus a manual pm_runtime_put_noidle() on the error path, per
Markus Elfring's review.

drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
index e523c84b4..b1a2c3d4e 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int cmdq_mbox_flush(struct mbox_chan *chan, unsigned long timeout)
int ret;

- ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(cmdq->mbox.dev);
+ ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(cmdq->mbox.dev);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

--
2.46.2.windows.1