Re: [PATCH net] net: sundance: balance PCI enable on cleanup
From: Chenguang Zhao
Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 22:07:22 EST
On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 09:08:49PM -0400, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> sundance_probe1() enables the PCI device, but subsequent failure paths
> and sundance_remove1() never release the enable reference.
>
> Use pcim_enable_device() to disable the device after existing network,
> DMA, mapping and region cleanup on probe failure or driver detach.
>
> The imbalance is already present in the initial Git import.
>
> This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
> while reviewing kernel code.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/sundance.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/sundance.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/sundance.c
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/sundance.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/sundance.c
> @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
> int phy, phy_end, phy_idx = 0;
> __le16 addr[ETH_ALEN / 2];
>
> - if (pci_enable_device(pdev))
> + if (pcim_enable_device(pdev))
> return -EIO;
> pci_set_master(pdev);
>
Reviewed-by: Chenguang Zhao <zhaochenguang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks