[PATCH v3] media: i2c: vd56g3: Clean up subdev state on init failure

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 08:16:39 EST


vd56g3_subdev_init() calls v4l2_subdev_init_finalize(), which allocates
the subdev active state and requires v4l2_subdev_cleanup() to release it.

If vd56g3_update_controls() fails after finalize succeeds, the probe error
path currently skips v4l2_subdev_cleanup() and returns an error. The driver
.remove() callback is not called after a failed probe, so the active state
is leaked.

Move the control update to vd56g3_probe() after vd56g3_subdev_init()
succeeds, and route failures through the existing err_subdev path. This
keeps v4l2_subdev_cleanup() in the common vd56g3_subdev_cleanup() helper.

Fixes: 87aa97fc3157 ("media: i2c: Add driver for ST VD56G3 camera sensor")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: OpenAI:GPT-5.4
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Restore the capitalized subject summary.
- Route vd56g3_update_controls() failures through the probe-side subdev
cleanup path instead of adding a second v4l2_subdev_cleanup() call.
- Add the Assisted-by trailer.

Changes in v2:
- Use a lowercase subject summary.

drivers/media/i2c/vd56g3.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/vd56g3.c b/drivers/media/i2c/vd56g3.c
index 157acea9e2..39fb14bab5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/vd56g3.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/vd56g3.c
@@ -1388,7 +1388,6 @@ static int vd56g3_detect(struct vd56g3 *sensor)

static int vd56g3_subdev_init(struct vd56g3 *sensor)
{
- struct v4l2_subdev_state *state;
int ret;

/* Init remaining sub device ops */
@@ -1421,15 +1420,6 @@ static int vd56g3_subdev_init(struct vd56g3 *sensor)
goto err_ctrls;
}

- /* Update controls according to the resolution set */
- state = v4l2_subdev_lock_and_get_active_state(&sensor->sd);
- ret = vd56g3_update_controls(sensor);
- v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(state);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(sensor->dev, "Controls update failed: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_ctrls;
- }
-
return 0;

err_ctrls:
@@ -1452,6 +1442,7 @@ static void vd56g3_subdev_cleanup(struct vd56g3 *sensor)
static int vd56g3_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
{
struct device *dev = &client->dev;
+ struct v4l2_subdev_state *state;
struct vd56g3 *sensor;
int ret;

@@ -1517,6 +1508,15 @@ static int vd56g3_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
goto err_power_off;
}

+ /* Update controls according to the resolution set */
+ state = v4l2_subdev_lock_and_get_active_state(&sensor->sd);
+ ret = vd56g3_update_controls(sensor);
+ v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(state);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(sensor->dev, "Controls update failed: %d\n", ret);
+ goto err_subdev;
+ }
+
ret = v4l2_async_register_subdev(&sensor->sd);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "Async subdev register failed: %d\n", ret);
--
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