[PATCH 1/3] EDAC/igen6: Fix call trace due to missing release()

From: Qiuxu Zhuo

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 01:44:52 EST


When unloading the igen6_edac driver, there is a call trace:

Device '(null)' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed.
See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.
WARNING: drivers/base/core.c:2567 at device_release+0x84/0x90, CPU#5: rmmod/127209
...
RIP: 0010:device_release+0x84/0x90
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kobject_put+0x8c/0x220
put_device+0x17/0x30
igen6_unregister_mcis+0xa2/0xe0 [igen6_edac]
igen6_remove+0x82/0xb0 [igen6_edac]
...

Fix the call trace by providing empty release() functions for the
memory controller devices.

Fixes: 10590a9d4f23 ("EDAC/igen6: Add EDAC driver for Intel client SoCs using IBECC")
Signed-off-by: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/edac/igen6_edac.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/igen6_edac.c b/drivers/edac/igen6_edac.c
index fcb8ab44cba5..0bf9cf349d0b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/igen6_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/igen6_edac.c
@@ -1296,6 +1296,11 @@ static bool igen6_imc_absent(void __iomem *window)
return readl(window + MAD_INTER_CHANNEL_OFFSET) == ~0;
}

+static void imc_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ /* Nothing to do, the 'imc' owns the 'dev' and will also release it. */
+}
+
static int igen6_register_mci(int mc, void __iomem *window, struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
struct edac_mc_layer layers[2];
@@ -1334,6 +1339,7 @@ static int igen6_register_mci(int mc, void __iomem *window, struct pci_dev *pdev
mci->pvt_info = &igen6_pvt->imc[mc];

imc = mci->pvt_info;
+ imc->dev.release = imc_release;
device_initialize(&imc->dev);
/*
* EDAC core uses mci->pdev(pointer of structure device) as
--
2.43.0