Re: [PATCH v6] PCI: imx6: fix resource leaks in probe error paths

From: Frank Li

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 15:13:31 EST


On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 12:03:42AM +0800, Zhijian Han wrote:
> imx_pcie_probe() leaks both pwrctrl devices and power domains on failure:
>
> - imx_pcie_attach_pd() attaches the "pcie" and "pcie_phy" power domains
> and adds device links to them, but nothing detaches the domains or
> removes the links on probe failure or deferral, so they leak.
>
> - A failure of devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled() returns directly
> without destroying the pwrctrl devices.
>
> - A partial failure inside imx_pcie_attach_pd() leaks the power domains
> that were already attached.
>
> Add imx_pcie_detach_pd() to remove the device links and detach the power
> domains in reverse order of acquisition and register it with
> devm_add_action_or_reset() so they are released automatically on probe
> failure.
>
> Reported-by: sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260822013640.182C01F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 2c5768344f88 ("PCI: imx6: Move pci_pwrctrl_create_devices() to imx_pcie_probe()")
> Signed-off-by: Zhijian Han <hanzhijian1991@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v6:
> - Keep the device links stateless and remove them with device_link_del()
> in imx_pcie_detach_pd() instead of using DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER,
> which creates managed links to power-domain devices that never bind a
> driver and would trigger a WARN_ON in device_links_driver_bound()
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Register imx_pcie_detach_pd() with devm_add_action_or_reset() instead
> of calling it manually on the error paths
>
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> index 39790e66b98d..7dd22b4f826a 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> @@ -180,8 +180,12 @@ struct imx_pcie {
> struct imx_lut_data luts[IMX95_MAX_LUT];
> /* power domain for pcie */
> struct device *pd_pcie;
> + /* device link for pcie power domain */
> + struct device_link *pd_link;
> /* power domain for pcie phy */
> struct device *pd_pcie_phy;
> + /* device link for pcie phy power domain */
> + struct device_link *pd_phy_link;
> struct phy *phy;
> const struct imx_pcie_drvdata *drvdata;
>
> @@ -639,10 +643,34 @@ static int imx6q_pcie_abort_handler(unsigned long addr,
> }
> #endif
>
> +static void imx_pcie_detach_pd(struct imx_pcie *imx_pcie)
> +{
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(imx_pcie->pd_phy_link)) {
> + device_link_del(imx_pcie->pd_phy_link);
> + imx_pcie->pd_phy_link = NULL;
> + }
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(imx_pcie->pd_link)) {
> + device_link_del(imx_pcie->pd_link);
> + imx_pcie->pd_link = NULL;
> + }
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy)) {
> + dev_pm_domain_detach(imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy, true);
> + imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy = NULL;
> + }
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(imx_pcie->pd_pcie)) {
> + dev_pm_domain_detach(imx_pcie->pd_pcie, true);
> + imx_pcie->pd_pcie = NULL;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void imx_pcie_detach_pd_action(void *data)
> +{
> + imx_pcie_detach_pd(data);
> +}
> +
> static int imx_pcie_attach_pd(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct imx_pcie *imx_pcie = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> - struct device_link *link;
>
> /* Do nothing when in a single power domain */
> if (dev->pm_domain)
> @@ -654,25 +682,31 @@ static int imx_pcie_attach_pd(struct device *dev)
> /* Do nothing when power domain missing */
> if (!imx_pcie->pd_pcie)
> return 0;
> - link = device_link_add(dev, imx_pcie->pd_pcie,
> - DL_FLAG_STATELESS |
> + imx_pcie->pd_link = device_link_add(dev, imx_pcie->pd_pcie,
> + DL_FLAG_STATELESS |
> DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME |
> DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE);
> - if (!link) {
> + if (!imx_pcie->pd_link) {
> dev_err(dev, "Failed to add device_link to pcie pd\n");
> + imx_pcie_detach_pd(imx_pcie);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy = dev_pm_domain_attach_by_name(dev, "pcie_phy");
> - if (IS_ERR(imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy))
> - return PTR_ERR(imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy);
> + if (IS_ERR(imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy)) {
> + int ret = PTR_ERR(imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy);
> +
> + imx_pcie_detach_pd(imx_pcie);
> + return ret;
> + }
>
> - link = device_link_add(dev, imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy,
> - DL_FLAG_STATELESS |
> + imx_pcie->pd_phy_link = device_link_add(dev, imx_pcie->pd_pcie_phy,
> + DL_FLAG_STATELESS |
> DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME |
> DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE);
> - if (!link) {
> + if (!imx_pcie->pd_phy_link) {
> dev_err(dev, "Failed to add device_link to pcie_phy pd\n");
> + imx_pcie_detach_pd(imx_pcie);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> @@ -1955,6 +1989,10 @@ static int imx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> + ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, imx_pcie_detach_pd_action, imx_pcie);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +

because there is safe guide in imx_pcie_detac_pd_action(), if move it before
imx_pcie_attach_pd(), Needn't call imx_pcie_detach_pd() in error path.

Or use goto in for error handle in imx_pcie_attach_pd() instead of duplicate
call each error branch.

Frank

> ret = pci_pwrctrl_create_devices(dev);
> if (ret)
> return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to create pwrctrl devices\n");
> @@ -1975,7 +2013,7 @@ static int imx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> pm_runtime_no_callbacks(dev);
> ret = devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled(dev);
> if (ret < 0)
> - return ret;
> + goto err_pwrctrl_destroy;
> }
>
> if (imx_check_flag(imx_pcie, IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SKIP_L23_READY))
>