Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/amd/pmc: Fix RTC device leak in amd_pmc_verify_czn_rtc()

From: Ilpo Järvinen

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 10:20:03 EST


On Thu, 17 Sep 2026, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Sep 2026, Wentao Liang wrote:
>
> > rtc_class_open() takes a reference to the RTC device, but all paths
> > that return after it succeeded, apart from the final one where the
> > alarm is programmed, leave the function without dropping it. Route
> > them through a common exit that calls rtc_class_close().
> >
> > Fixes: 59348401ebed ("platform/x86: amd-pmc: Add special handling for timer based S0i3 wakeup")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
> > index cae3fcafd4d7..f40e8d9b124a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
> > @@ -569,32 +569,39 @@ static int amd_pmc_verify_czn_rtc(struct amd_pmc_dev *pdev, u32 *arg)
> > return 0;
> > rc = rtc_read_alarm(rtc_device, &alarm);
> > if (rc)
> > - return rc;
> > + goto out;
> > if (!alarm.enabled) {
> > dev_dbg(pdev->dev, "alarm not enabled\n");
> > - return 0;
> > + rc = 0;
> > + goto out;
> > }
> > rc = rtc_read_time(rtc_device, &tm);
> > if (rc)
> > - return rc;
> > + goto out;
> > then = rtc_tm_to_time64(&alarm.time);
> > now = rtc_tm_to_time64(&tm);
> > duration = then-now;
> >
> > /* in the past */
> > - if (then < now)
> > - return 0;
> > + if (then < now) {
> > + rc = 0;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> >
> > /* will be stored in upper 16 bits of s0i3 hint argument,
> > * so timer wakeup from s0i3 is limited to ~18 hours or less
> > */
> > - if (duration <= 4 || duration > U16_MAX)
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > + if (duration <= 4 || duration > U16_MAX) {
> > + rc = -EINVAL;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> >
> > *arg |= (duration << 16);
> > rc = rtc_alarm_irq_enable(rtc_device, 0);
> > pm_pr_dbg("wakeup timer programmed for %lld seconds\n", duration);
> >
> > +out:
> > + rtc_class_close(rtc_device);
> > return rc;
> > }
>
> I was expecting 2 patch series, with one which adds the DEFINE_FREE() into
> the public rtc header, not going back to the old approach. You also seemed
> to forget to increase the version number in the subject.

My apologies, I now realized it was sent earlier by somebody else so I'm
waiting update from them to fix this issue.

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i.