Re: [PATCH v2] watchdog: wdat_wdt: Fix ACPI table leak in probe function
From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Nov 13 2025 - 14:31:43 EST
On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:30:32AM +0800, Haotian Zhang wrote:
> wdat_wdt_probe() calls acpi_get_table() to obtain the WDAT ACPI table but
> never calls acpi_put_table() on any paths. This causes a permanent ACPI
> table memory leak.
>
> Add a single cleanup path which calls acpi_put_table() to ensure
> the ACPI table is always released.
>
> Fixes: 058dfc767008 ("ACPI / watchdog: Add support for WDAT hardware watchdog")
> Suggested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>