Re: [PATCH] drm/tegra: Fix a strange error handling path

[Thierry Reding]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 09:23:14PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> The resource freed at the 'put_aux' label is "sor->aux->dev".
> However, this resource is taken after devm_tegra_pmc_get(), so there is no
> point to release it in this error handling path.
> 
> This is harmless because put_device() will be called with a NULL pointer,
> but this is confusing.
> 
> So, fix the logic and return directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Compile tested only.
> 
> This is not a bug, so no need for a Fixes tag.
> If needed anyway, it was introduced by commit e68c4244136b ("drm/tegra:
> Explicitly specify PMC instance to use")
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/sor.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Good catch! Looks like I used the put_aux label without realizing that
sor->aux isn't acquired until *after* sor->pmc here.

Thanks for fixing this,
Thierry

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