Re: [PATCH 3/5] tpm: tpm_nsc: stop using the cleanup callback as dev.release
From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 00:20:01 EST
On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 04:27:53PM +0800, Pei Xiao wrote:
> tpm_nsc_remove() is called explicitly from cleanup_nsc() and also
> runs as the platform device release callback on the final
> platform_device_put(), so the cleanup executes twice on module
> exit; the second invocation operates on a chip that has already
> been freed by the devm cleanup, and the I/O region is released
> twice.
>
> Overwriting the release callback installed by
> platform_device_alloc() also keeps platform_device_release() from
> running, leaking the platform object allocation.
>
> Leave the default release callback in place; the explicit call in
> cleanup_nsc() remains the single cleanup point.
>
> Fixes: 570302a31149 ("[PATCH] tpm: move nsc driver off pci_dev")
> Assisted-by: GLM-5.3
> Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c
> index 46a52dc99b14..bcfa2a1a208a 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c
> @@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ static int __init init_nsc(void)
>
> pdev->num_resources = 0;
> pdev->dev.driver = &nsc_drv.driver;
> - pdev->dev.release = tpm_nsc_remove;
>
> if ((rc = platform_device_add(pdev)) < 0)
> goto err_put_dev;
> --
> 2.25.1
>
This is fine too, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Br, Jarkko