[PATCH v3] bus: fsl-mc: fix an error handling in fsl_mc_device_add()

From: Haoxiang Li

Date: Sat Jan 24 2026 - 05:22:15 EST


In fsl_mc_device_add(), device_initialize() is called first.
put_device() should be called to drop the reference if error
occurs. And other resources would be released via put_device
-> fsl_mc_device_release. So remove redundant kfree() in
error handling path.

Fixes: bbf9d17d9875 ("staging: fsl-mc: Freescale Management Complex (fsl-mc) bus driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b767348e-d89c-416e-acea-1ebbff3bea20@stanley.mountain/
Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- fix a patch error. Thanks, Christophe.
- add specific changelog. Thanks, Dan.
Changes in v3:
- Also call put_device() in other error paths. Thanks, Ioana.
---
drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
index 25845c04e562..6d132144ce25 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c
@@ -905,11 +905,7 @@ int fsl_mc_device_add(struct fsl_mc_obj_desc *obj_desc,
return 0;

error_cleanup_dev:
- kfree(mc_dev->regions);
- if (mc_bus)
- kfree(mc_bus);
- else
- kfree(mc_dev);
+ put_device(&mc_dev->dev);

return error;
}
--
2.25.1