Re: [PATCH] EDAC/i82975x: Balance PCI ownership on probe and module exit

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 09:35:37PM -0400, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> i82975x_init_one() leaves its PCI enable reference behind on failure
> and removal. Also, the fallback probe is never removed at module exit:
> i82975x_registered is initialized to one and never changed.
> 
> Balance PCI enablement and track successful fallback initialization so
> module exit removes controllers that are not bound to the PCI driver.
> Only remember a normally probed device after successful initialization,
> and release the saved device reference on both normal and fallback exit.
> 
> This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
> while reviewing kernel code.
> 
> Fixes: 420390f06a5a ("drivers/edac: new i82975x driver")
> 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/edac/i82975x_edac.c | 13 +++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Arvind R., lemme know if you'd like to have an entry in CREDITS.

And if so, you can suggest one.

Thx.

From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:27:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Orphan drivers/edac/i82975x_edac.c

The driver has only been "carried forward" without any recent
maintainership interest or testing. Orphan it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c2414447892c..d0c02c08b670 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9472,9 +9472,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
 
 EDAC-I82975X
-M:	"Arvind R." <arvino55@xxxxxxxxx>
 L:	linux-edac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/edac/i82975x_edac.c
 
 EDAC-IE31200
-- 
2.53.0

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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