[PATCH 6.12.y 3/3] gpio: Fix resource leaks on errors in gpiochip_add_data_with_key()
From: Quentin Schulz
Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 12:04:56 EST
From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 16fdabe143fce2cbf89139677728e17e21b46c28 ]
Since commit aab5c6f20023 ("gpio: set device type for GPIO chips"),
`gdev->dev.release` is unset. As a result, the reference count to
`gdev->dev` isn't dropped on the error handling paths.
Drop the reference on errors.
Also reorder the instructions to make the error handling simpler.
Now gpiochip_add_data_with_key() roughly looks like:
>>> Some memory allocation. Go to ERR ZONE 1 on errors.
>>> device_initialize().
gpiodev_release() takes over the responsibility for freeing the
resources of `gdev->dev`. The subsequent error handling paths
shouldn't go through ERR ZONE 1 again which leads to double free.
>>> Some initialization mainly on `gdev`.
>>> The rest of initialization. Go to ERR ZONE 2 on errors.
>>> Chip registration success and exit.
>>> ERR ZONE 2. gpio_device_put() and exit.
>>> ERR ZONE 1.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: aab5c6f20023 ("gpio: set device type for GPIO chips")
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205092840.2574840-1-tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[missing commit fcc8b637c542 ("gpiolib: switch the line state notifier
to atomic"), commit dcb73cbaaeb3 ("gpio: cdev: use raw notifier for
line state events") and commit d4f335b410dd ("gpiolib: rename GPIO chip
printk macros") in 6.12.y.
s/gpiochip_err/chip_err/ as well as replaced
rwlock_init+RAW_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD with BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD
based on missing commits, following same logic as in 16fdabe143fc.]
Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 97a32e6f901fc..878f9ab4a0982 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -785,13 +785,15 @@ static const struct device_type gpio_dev_type = {
#define gcdev_unregister(gdev) device_del(&(gdev)->dev)
#endif
+/*
+ * An initial reference count has been held in gpiochip_add_data_with_key().
+ * The caller should drop the reference via gpio_device_put() on errors.
+ */
static int gpiochip_setup_dev(struct gpio_device *gdev)
{
struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = dev_fwnode(&gdev->dev);
int ret;
- device_initialize(&gdev->dev);
-
/*
* If fwnode doesn't belong to another device, it's safe to clear its
* initialized flag.
@@ -859,9 +861,11 @@ static void gpiochip_setup_devs(void)
list_for_each_entry_srcu(gdev, &gpio_devices, list,
srcu_read_lock_held(&gpio_devices_srcu)) {
ret = gpiochip_setup_dev(gdev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ gpio_device_put(gdev);
dev_err(&gdev->dev,
"Failed to initialize gpio device (%d)\n", ret);
+ }
}
}
@@ -941,33 +945,64 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
int base = 0;
int ret;
- /*
- * First: allocate and populate the internal stat container, and
- * set up the struct device.
- */
gdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*gdev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!gdev)
return -ENOMEM;
-
- gdev->dev.type = &gpio_dev_type;
- gdev->dev.bus = &gpio_bus_type;
- gdev->dev.parent = gc->parent;
- rcu_assign_pointer(gdev->chip, gc);
-
gc->gpiodev = gdev;
gpiochip_set_data(gc, data);
- device_set_node(&gdev->dev, gpiochip_choose_fwnode(gc));
-
ret = ida_alloc(&gpio_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_free_gdev;
gdev->id = ret;
- ret = dev_set_name(&gdev->dev, GPIOCHIP_NAME "%d", gdev->id);
+ ret = init_srcu_struct(&gdev->srcu);
if (ret)
goto err_free_ida;
+ rcu_assign_pointer(gdev->chip, gc);
+ ret = init_srcu_struct(&gdev->desc_srcu);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_cleanup_gdev_srcu;
+
+ ret = dev_set_name(&gdev->dev, GPIOCHIP_NAME "%d", gdev->id);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_cleanup_desc_srcu;
+
+ device_initialize(&gdev->dev);
+ /*
+ * After this point any allocated resources to `gdev` will be
+ * free():ed by gpiodev_release(). If you add new resources
+ * then make sure they get free():ed there.
+ */
+ gdev->dev.type = &gpio_dev_type;
+ gdev->dev.bus = &gpio_bus_type;
+ gdev->dev.parent = gc->parent;
+ device_set_node(&gdev->dev, gpiochip_choose_fwnode(gc));
+
+ ret = gpiochip_get_ngpios(gc, &gdev->dev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_put_device;
+ gdev->ngpio = gc->ngpio;
+
+ gdev->descs = kcalloc(gc->ngpio, sizeof(*gdev->descs), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!gdev->descs) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_put_device;
+ }
+
+ gdev->label = kstrdup_const(gc->label ?: "unknown", GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!gdev->label) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_put_device;
+ }
+
+ gdev->can_sleep = gc->can_sleep;
+ BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&gdev->line_state_notifier);
+ BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&gdev->device_notifier);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gdev->pin_ranges);
+#endif
if (gc->parent && gc->parent->driver)
gdev->owner = gc->parent->driver->owner;
else if (gc->owner)
@@ -976,36 +1011,6 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
else
gdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
- ret = gpiochip_get_ngpios(gc, &gdev->dev);
- if (ret)
- goto err_free_dev_name;
-
- gdev->descs = kcalloc(gc->ngpio, sizeof(*gdev->descs), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!gdev->descs) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_free_dev_name;
- }
-
- gdev->label = kstrdup_const(gc->label ?: "unknown", GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!gdev->label) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_free_descs;
- }
-
- gdev->ngpio = gc->ngpio;
- gdev->can_sleep = gc->can_sleep;
-
- BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&gdev->line_state_notifier);
- BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&gdev->device_notifier);
-
- ret = init_srcu_struct(&gdev->srcu);
- if (ret)
- goto err_free_label;
-
- ret = init_srcu_struct(&gdev->desc_srcu);
- if (ret)
- goto err_cleanup_gdev_srcu;
-
scoped_guard(mutex, &gpio_devices_lock) {
/*
* TODO: this allocates a Linux GPIO number base in the global
@@ -1020,7 +1025,7 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
if (base < 0) {
ret = base;
base = 0;
- goto err_cleanup_desc_srcu;
+ goto err_put_device;
}
/*
@@ -1040,14 +1045,10 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
ret = gpiodev_add_to_list_unlocked(gdev);
if (ret) {
chip_err(gc, "GPIO integer space overlap, cannot add chip\n");
- goto err_cleanup_desc_srcu;
+ goto err_put_device;
}
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gdev->pin_ranges);
-#endif
-
if (gc->names)
gpiochip_set_desc_names(gc);
@@ -1128,25 +1129,19 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
scoped_guard(mutex, &gpio_devices_lock)
list_del_rcu(&gdev->list);
synchronize_srcu(&gpio_devices_srcu);
- if (gdev->dev.release) {
- /* release() has been registered by gpiochip_setup_dev() */
- gpio_device_put(gdev);
- goto err_print_message;
- }
+err_put_device:
+ gpio_device_put(gdev);
+ goto err_print_message;
+
err_cleanup_desc_srcu:
cleanup_srcu_struct(&gdev->desc_srcu);
err_cleanup_gdev_srcu:
cleanup_srcu_struct(&gdev->srcu);
-err_free_label:
- kfree_const(gdev->label);
-err_free_descs:
- kfree(gdev->descs);
-err_free_dev_name:
- kfree(dev_name(&gdev->dev));
err_free_ida:
ida_free(&gpio_ida, gdev->id);
err_free_gdev:
kfree(gdev);
+
err_print_message:
/* failures here can mean systems won't boot... */
if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
--
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