[PATCH 4/9] EDAC/versalnet: Fix device_register() error handling in init_one_mc()
From: Shubhrajyoti Datta
Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 13:31:13 EST
From: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
When device_register() fails, it must be followed by put_device()
rather than kfree(), because device_register() calls
device_initialize() which sets up the device refcount. The matching
release function versal_edac_release() handles the actual kfree().
To simplify error handling and avoid complex unwinding, split
device_register() into device_initialize() and device_add().
Initialize the device early so put_device() can be used in all
error paths.
Fixes: d5fe2fec6c40 ("EDAC: Add a driver for the AMD Versal NET DDR controller")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c b/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
index 03b6e0958f17..3c9eaea5a106 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, int i)
char name[MC_NAME_LEN];
struct device *dev;
enum dev_type dt;
- int rc;
+ int rc = -ENOMEM;
config = priv->adec[CONF + i * ADEC_NUM];
num_chans = FIELD_GET(MC5_NUM_CHANS_MASK, config);
@@ -817,23 +817,23 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, int i)
layers[1].size = num_chans;
layers[1].is_virt_csrow = false;
- rc = -ENOMEM;
dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dev)
return rc;
- mci = edac_mc_alloc(i, ARRAY_SIZE(layers), layers, sizeof(struct mc_priv));
- if (!mci) {
- edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_MC, "Failed memory allocation for MC%d\n", i);
- goto err_dev_free;
- }
-
sprintf(name, "versal-net-ddrmc5-edac-%d", i);
dev->init_name = name;
dev->release = versal_edac_release;
+ device_initialize(dev);
- rc = device_register(dev);
+ mci = edac_mc_alloc(i, ARRAY_SIZE(layers), layers, sizeof(struct mc_priv));
+ if (!mci) {
+ edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_MC, "Failed memory allocation for MC%d\n", i);
+ goto err_put_dev;
+ }
+
+ rc = device_add(dev);
if (rc)
goto err_mc_free;
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, int i)
rc = edac_mc_add_mc(mci);
if (rc) {
edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_MC, "Failed to register MC%d with EDAC core\n", i);
- goto err_unreg;
+ goto err_dev_del;
}
priv->mci[i] = mci;
@@ -851,12 +851,12 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, int i)
return 0;
-err_unreg:
- device_unregister(mci->pdev);
+err_dev_del:
+ device_del(dev);
err_mc_free:
edac_mc_free(mci);
-err_dev_free:
- kfree(dev);
+err_put_dev:
+ put_device(dev);
return rc;
}
--
2.34.1