Re: [PATCH] leds: blinkm: Remove sysfs group on allocation failure

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2026, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> 
> > register_multicolor() returns on allocation failure without removing the
> > sysfs group created by blinkm_probe(). Remove it on this path, matching
> > the helper's existing LED registration error cleanup.
> > 
> > This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
> > while reviewing kernel code.
> > 
> > Fixes: 56e8c56c9af0 ("leds: Add multicolor support to BlinkM LED driver")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c b/drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c
> > --- a/drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c
> > +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c
> > @@ -691,8 +691,10 @@ static int register_multicolor(struct i2c_client *client, struct blinkm_data *da
> >  
> >  	mc_led_info = devm_kcalloc(&client->dev, NUM_LEDS, sizeof(*mc_led_info),
> >  					GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	if (!mc_led_info)
> > +	if (!mc_led_info) {
> > +		sysfs_remove_group(&client->dev.kobj, &blinkm_group);
> 
> If 'blinkm_group' was created in blinkm_probe(), shouldn't it be cleaned up in
> the error path of 'blinkm_probe()' rather than here in the callee?

Same with register_separate_colors() failure, no?

> 
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	mc_led_info[RED].color_index = LED_COLOR_ID_RED;
> >  	mc_led_info[GREEN].color_index = LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN;
> 
> -- 
> Lee Jones

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Lee Jones