Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: stm32-mdma: Fix runtime PM reference leak in pm_suspend

[Frank Li]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2026 at 06:44:31PM +0800, Xiangwu Lai wrote:
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> stm32_mdma_pm_suspend() increments the runtime PM usage counter with
> pm_runtime_resume_and_get(), but when a channel is still enabled it
> returns -EBUSY directly without dropping the reference.  The matching
> pm_runtime_put_sync() only runs on the success path.
>
> Each failed suspend attempt therefore leaks one runtime PM reference,
> so the device can never runtime suspend afterwards.  Drop the
> reference before returning -EBUSY.
>
> Fixes: 7cb819c856d9 ("dmaengine: stm32-mdma: add suspend/resume power management support")
> Signed-off-by: Xiangwu Lai <laixiangwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/dma/stm32/stm32-mdma.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/stm32/stm32-mdma.c b/drivers/dma/stm32/stm32-mdma.c
> index e3bbdc9ee..fe1ff4a00 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/stm32/stm32-mdma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/stm32/stm32-mdma.c
> @@ -1785,6 +1785,7 @@ static int stm32_mdma_pm_suspend(struct device *dev)
>                 ccr = stm32_mdma_read(dmadev, STM32_MDMA_CCR(id));
>                 if (ccr & STM32_MDMA_CCR_EN) {
>                         dev_warn(dev, "Suspend is prevented by Chan %i\n", id);
> +                       pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
>                         return -EBUSY;
>                 }
>         }
>
>
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