[PATCH] iio: proximity: pulsedlight: fix iio_device left registered on PM setup failure

From: Cong Nguyen

Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 07:01:39 EST


pm_runtime_set_active() failing in probe() jumps to error_unreg_buffer,
which only calls iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup() -- it does not undo the
iio_device_register() that already succeeded a few lines above. probe()
then returns the error, the devm-managed indio_dev is freed, but the
iio core still has it registered: the sysfs/chardev nodes stay live and
point at freed memory.

Add an error_unreg_dev label that unregisters the iio device before
falling through to the existing buffer cleanup, mirroring the teardown
order already used in lidar_remove().

Fixes: 4ac4e086fd8c ("iio: pulsedlight-lidar-lite: add runtime PM")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4
Signed-off-by: Cong Nguyen <congnt264@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c
index 400477b4c740..8a9ee21f2bf6 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/pulsedlight-lidar-lite-v2.c
@@ -294,12 +294,14 @@ static int lidar_probe(struct i2c_client *client)

ret = pm_runtime_set_active(&client->dev);
if (ret)
- goto error_unreg_buffer;
+ goto error_unreg_dev;
pm_runtime_enable(&client->dev);
pm_runtime_idle(&client->dev);

return 0;

+error_unreg_dev:
+ iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
error_unreg_buffer:
iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(indio_dev);

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2.25.1