Re: [PATCH] media: exynos4-is: Free control handler if fimc-lite subdev init fails

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 03/11/2026 10:46, Wentao Liang wrote:
> fimc_lite_create_capture_subdev() initializes fimc->ctrl_handler and adds
> a control to it. If the control cannot be created, handler->error is set
> and the function returns after cleaning up the media entity only. The
> control handler still owns the memory allocated for its buckets and for
> any control created before the failure, and fimc_lite_probe() does not
> call fimc_lite_unregister_capture_subdev() on this error, so that memory
> is leaked.
> 
> Free the control handler before returning the error.
> 
> Fixes: 4af813108b88 ("[media] s5p-fimc: Add support for Exynos4x12 FIMC-LITE")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and OpenAI Codex
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Best regards,
Krzysztof