[PATCH] drm/fsl-dcu: fix clock reference leak in fsl_tcon_init error path

From: Miaoqian Lin

Date: Fri Dec 19 2025 - 10:20:49 EST


In fsl_tcon_init(), when of_clk_get_by_name() succeeds but
clk_prepare_enable() fails, the function jumps to err_node_put label
without releasing the clock reference obtained.
This causes a clock reference leak.

Fix by calling clk_put() that properly releases the clock
reference.

Found via static analysis and code review.

Fixes: fb127b7943c9 ("drm/fsl-dcu: add TCON driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_tcon.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_tcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_tcon.c
index 49bbd00c77ae..b7ba90814b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_tcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_tcon.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct fsl_tcon *fsl_tcon_init(struct device *dev)
ret = clk_prepare_enable(tcon->ipg_clk);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "Couldn't enable the TCON clock\n");
- goto err_node_put;
+ goto err_clk_put;
}

of_node_put(np);
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ struct fsl_tcon *fsl_tcon_init(struct device *dev)

return tcon;

+err_clk_put:
+ clk_put(tcon->ipg_clk);
err_node_put:
of_node_put(np);
return NULL;
--
2.25.1