[PATCH 02/23] gpiolib: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in gpiolib_cdev_register()

From: Tzung-Bi Shih

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 03:11:13 EST


On error handling paths, gpiolib_cdev_register() doesn't free the
allocated resources which results leaks. Fix it.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 7b9b77a8bba9 ("gpiolib: add a per-gpio_device line state notification workqueue")
Fixes: d83cee3d2bb1 ("gpio: protect the pointer to gpio_chip in gpio_device with SRCU")
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 3735c9fe1502..ba1eae15852d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -2797,16 +2797,23 @@ int gpiolib_cdev_register(struct gpio_device *gdev, dev_t devt)

ret = cdev_device_add(&gdev->chrdev, &gdev->dev);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err_free_workqueue;

guard(srcu)(&gdev->srcu);
gc = srcu_dereference(gdev->chip, &gdev->srcu);
- if (!gc)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (!gc) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto err_free_cdev;
+ }

gpiochip_dbg(gc, "added GPIO chardev (%d:%d)\n", MAJOR(devt), gdev->id);

return 0;
+err_free_cdev:
+ cdev_device_del(&gdev->chrdev, &gdev->dev);
+err_free_workqueue:
+ destroy_workqueue(gdev->line_state_wq);
+ return ret;
}

void gpiolib_cdev_unregister(struct gpio_device *gdev)
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog