[PATCH v3] iio: light: isl29028: fix runtime PM reference leak on error paths
From: Fabio Cesari
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 02:25:33 EST
isl29028_read_raw() and isl29028_write_raw() take a runtime PM reference
with pm_runtime_resume_and_get() but return directly on their error
paths without dropping it. The usage count never balances again and the
device stops entering autosuspend for good. In isl29028_read_raw() this
needs a regmap access to fail; in isl29028_write_raw() one rejected
sysfs write is enough, for example
echo 200 > in_proximity_sampling_frequency
which is outside the [1:100] range and returns -EINVAL with the
reference still held.
Take the reference with PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_AUTOSUSPEND() instead, so it
is released on every return path.
This also stops the return value of pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() from
reaching userspace. That value only says whether the device could be
suspended right away, so -EAGAIN or -EPERM turns a successful access
into a failure, and with CONFIG_PM=n the stub returns -ENOSYS on every
access.
PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_AUTOSUSPEND() exists since v6.19. Older trees need
the manual form instead: keep pm_runtime_resume_and_get() and drop the
reference on all paths with an unchecked pm_runtime_put_autosuspend().
Fixes: 2db5054ac28d ("staging: iio: isl29028: add runtime power management support")
Suggested-by: Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # see patch description, needs adjustments for < 6.19
Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle
Signed-off-by: Fabio Cesari <fabio.cesari@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3, from the review of v2:
- use PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_AUTOSUSPEND() rather than the _IF_ENABLED_
variant
- sent as its own thread rather than as a reply to v2
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20260906131203.125407-1-fabio.cesari@xxxxxxxxx/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20260906223737.206730-1-fabio.cesari@xxxxxxxxx/
Found by auditing IIO drivers with a Coccinelle semantic patch for
runtime PM acquire/release imbalances.
Compile-tested only: arm64 (native) and x86_64 (cross), defconfig plus
CONFIG_SENSORS_ISL29028=m, plus an arm64 CONFIG_PM=n build to cover the
stubs, with gcc 15.2.0, W=1 and sparse v0.6.5-rc1: no warnings. I have no
isl29028 hardware, so this is untested at runtime.
drivers/iio/light/isl29028.c | 33 ++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/isl29028.c b/drivers/iio/light/isl29028.c
index 33deb1726689..e481ac908fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/isl29028.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/isl29028.c
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ static int isl29028_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
struct device *dev = regmap_get_device(chip->regmap);
int ret;
- ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(dev);
- if (ret < 0)
+ PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_AUTOSUSPEND(dev, pm);
+ ret = PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_ERR(&pm);
+ if (ret)
return ret;
mutex_lock(&chip->lock);
@@ -392,14 +393,7 @@ static int isl29028_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
mutex_unlock(&chip->lock);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- ret = pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
static int isl29028_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
@@ -408,10 +402,11 @@ static int isl29028_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
{
struct isl29028_chip *chip = iio_priv(indio_dev);
struct device *dev = regmap_get_device(chip->regmap);
- int ret, pm_ret;
+ int ret;
- ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(dev);
- if (ret < 0)
+ PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_AUTOSUSPEND(dev, pm);
+ ret = PM_RUNTIME_ACQUIRE_ERR(&pm);
+ if (ret)
return ret;
mutex_lock(&chip->lock);
@@ -461,18 +456,6 @@ static int isl29028_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
mutex_unlock(&chip->lock);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- /**
- * Preserve the ret variable if the call to
- * pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() is successful so the reading
- * (if applicable) is returned to user space.
- */
- pm_ret = pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev);
- if (pm_ret < 0)
- return pm_ret;
-
return ret;
}
base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935
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2.53.0