[PATCH v2] hwmon: sy7636a: Fix regulator_enable resource leak on error path

From: Haotian Zhang

Date: Wed Nov 26 2025 - 11:27:01 EST


In sy7636a_sensor_probe(), regulator_enable() is called but if
devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() fails, the function returns
without calling regulator_disable(), leaving the regulator enabled
and leaking the reference count.

Switch to devm_regulator_get_enable() to automatically
manage the regulator resource.

Fixes: de34a4053250 ("hwmon: sy7636a: Add temperature driver for sy7636a")
Suggested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
-Use devm_regulator_get_enable() instead as suggested by Guenter
Roeck.
---
drivers/hwmon/sy7636a-hwmon.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sy7636a-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/sy7636a-hwmon.c
index ed110884786b..4cbca1e6e597 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sy7636a-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sy7636a-hwmon.c
@@ -66,18 +66,13 @@ static const struct hwmon_chip_info sy7636a_chip_info = {
static int sy7636a_sensor_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct regmap *regmap = dev_get_regmap(pdev->dev.parent, NULL);
- struct regulator *regulator;
struct device *hwmon_dev;
int err;

if (!regmap)
return -EPROBE_DEFER;

- regulator = devm_regulator_get(&pdev->dev, "vcom");
- if (IS_ERR(regulator))
- return PTR_ERR(regulator);
-
- err = regulator_enable(regulator);
+ err = devm_regulator_get_enable(&pdev->dev, "vcom");
if (err)
return err;

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