[PATCH net] net: mctp i3c: clean up notifier and buses if driver register fails

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 04:15:52 EST


mctp_i3c_mod_init() registers the I3C bus notifier and then walks the
existing buses with i3c_for_each_bus_locked(mctp_i3c_bus_add_new, NULL)
before registering the I3C device driver. If i3c_driver_register()
fails, the function returns the error directly, leaving the notifier
registered and every mctp_i3c_bus object created for the existing buses
allocated. The notifier is left pointing into the module that failed to
load and the bus list is leaked.

Mirror the module exit path on this failure: unregister the notifier and
tear down the buses that were added before returning the error.

Fixes: c8755b29b58e ("mctp i3c: MCTP I3C driver")
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c
index 6d2bbae747..677e77e917 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c
@@ -740,9 +740,14 @@ static __init int mctp_i3c_mod_init(void)

rc = i3c_driver_register(&mctp_i3c_driver);
if (rc < 0)
- return rc;
+ goto err_unregister_notifier;

return 0;
+
+err_unregister_notifier:
+ i3c_unregister_notifier(&mctp_i3c_notifier);
+ mctp_i3c_bus_remove_all();
+ return rc;
}

static __exit void mctp_i3c_mod_exit(void)
--
2.53.0