[PATCH] mm/hmm/test: Fix error handling in dmirror_device_init

From: Ma Ke
Date: Sat Nov 08 2025 - 06:54:33 EST


dmirror_device_init() calls device_initialize() which sets the device
reference count to 1, but fails to call put_device() when error occurs
after dev_set_name() or cdev_device_add() failures. This results in
memory leaks of struct device objects. Additionally,
dmirror_device_remove() lacks the final put_device() call to properly
release the device reference.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 6a760f58c792 ("mm/hmm/test: use char dev with struct device to get device node")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/test_hmm.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/test_hmm.c b/lib/test_hmm.c
index 83e3d8208a54..5159fc36eea6 100644
--- a/lib/test_hmm.c
+++ b/lib/test_hmm.c
@@ -1458,20 +1458,25 @@ static int dmirror_device_init(struct dmirror_device *mdevice, int id)

ret = dev_set_name(&mdevice->device, "hmm_dmirror%u", id);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto put_device;

ret = cdev_device_add(&mdevice->cdevice, &mdevice->device);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto put_device;

/* Build a list of free ZONE_DEVICE struct pages */
return dmirror_allocate_chunk(mdevice, NULL);
+
+put_device:
+ put_device(&mdevice->device);
+ return ret;
}

static void dmirror_device_remove(struct dmirror_device *mdevice)
{
dmirror_device_remove_chunks(mdevice);
cdev_device_del(&mdevice->cdevice, &mdevice->device);
+ put_device(&mdevice->device);
}

static int __init hmm_dmirror_init(void)
--
2.17.1