[PATCH] mailbox: mtk-cmdq: Fix runtime PM leak in cmdq_mbox_flush()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 05:51:20 EST


pm_runtime_get_sync() leaves the runtime PM usage counter incremented
even when it fails, but cmdq_mbox_flush() returns the error without
dropping it. The same happens when the GCE thread does not drain in
time and the function bails out with -EFAULT.

Undo the reference on both error paths.

Fixes: b0524f7c9635 ("mailbox: mediatek: implement flush function")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
index eadd340f8fee..07a8c2382c93 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
@@ -565,8 +565,10 @@ static int cmdq_mbox_flush(struct mbox_chan *chan, unsigned long timeout)
int ret;

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

spin_lock_irqsave(&thread->chan->lock, flags);
if (list_empty(&thread->task_busy_list))
@@ -603,6 +605,9 @@ static int cmdq_mbox_flush(struct mbox_chan *chan, unsigned long timeout)
dev_err(cmdq->mbox.dev, "Fail to wait GCE thread 0x%x done\n",
(u32)(thread->base - cmdq->base));

+ pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(cmdq->mbox.dev);
+ pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(cmdq->mbox.dev);
+
return -EFAULT;
}
pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(cmdq->mbox.dev);
--
2.34.1