[PATCH] iio: lmp91000: fix probe order and cleanup paths

From: Salah Triki

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 15:48:02 EST


Fix the initialization order in lmp91000_probe where the immutable trigger
is set before data->cb_buffer is initialized, which would cause a NULL
pointer dereference.

Also, correct the cleanup labels in the error path to properly unregister
the trigger before performing the triggered buffer cleanup, following the
standard LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) resource release order.

Fixes: 67e17300dc1d ("iio: potentiostat: add LMP91000 support")
Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/potentiostat/lmp91000.c | 30 ++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/potentiostat/lmp91000.c b/drivers/iio/potentiostat/lmp91000.c
index eccc2a34358f..b4676b5b60ae 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/potentiostat/lmp91000.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/potentiostat/lmp91000.c
@@ -330,6 +330,18 @@ static int lmp91000_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
if (ret)
return ret;

+ data->cb_buffer = iio_channel_get_all_cb(dev, &lmp91000_buffer_cb,
+ indio_dev);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(data->cb_buffer)) {
+ if (PTR_ERR(data->cb_buffer) == -ENODEV)
+ ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+ else
+ ret = PTR_ERR(data->cb_buffer);
+
+ goto error_unreg_buffer;
+ }
+
ret = iio_trigger_set_immutable(iio_channel_cb_get_iio_dev(data->cb_buffer),
data->trig);
if (ret) {
@@ -349,18 +361,6 @@ static int lmp91000_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
if (ret)
goto error_unreg_trigger;

- data->cb_buffer = iio_channel_get_all_cb(dev, &lmp91000_buffer_cb,
- indio_dev);
-
- if (IS_ERR(data->cb_buffer)) {
- if (PTR_ERR(data->cb_buffer) == -ENODEV)
- ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
- else
- ret = PTR_ERR(data->cb_buffer);
-
- goto error_unreg_buffer;
- }
-
data->adc_chan = iio_channel_cb_get_channels(data->cb_buffer);

ret = iio_device_register(indio_dev);
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ static int lmp91000_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
error_unreg_cb_buffer:
iio_channel_release_all_cb(data->cb_buffer);

-error_unreg_buffer:
- iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(indio_dev);
-
error_unreg_trigger:
iio_trigger_unregister(data->trig);

+error_unreg_buffer:
+ iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(indio_dev);
+
return ret;
}

--
2.43.0