Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: fix error path of regulator_ena_gpio_free

From: Jon Hunter
Date: Tue Feb 23 2016 - 10:19:17 EST



On 23/02/16 14:47, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> This problem was introduced by:
> commit daad134d6649 ("regulator: core: Request GPIO before creating
> sysfs entries")
>
> The error path was not updated correctly and in case
> regulator_ena_gpio_free failed, device_unregister was called even though
> it was not registered yet.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Adamski <krzysztof.adamski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@xxxxxxxxxx>

Nit ... I think that order of the above should be reversed.

> ---
> drivers/regulator/core.c | 8 +++-----
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
> index 6ee9ba4..d1e7859 100644
> --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
> @@ -3919,7 +3919,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
> if (ret != 0) {
> rdev_err(rdev, "Failed to request enable GPIO%d: %d\n",
> config->ena_gpio, ret);
> - goto wash;
> + goto clean;
> }
> }
>
> @@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
>
> ret = set_machine_constraints(rdev, constraints);
> if (ret < 0)
> - goto scrub;
> + goto wash;
>
> if (init_data && init_data->supply_regulator)
> rdev->supply_name = init_data->supply_regulator;
> @@ -3972,10 +3972,8 @@ out:
> unset_supplies:
> unset_regulator_supplies(rdev);
>
> -scrub:
> - regulator_ena_gpio_free(rdev);
> -
> wash:
> + regulator_ena_gpio_free(rdev);
> device_unregister(&rdev->dev);
> /* device core frees rdev */
> rdev = ERR_PTR(ret);

What about the case where device_register() fails? I think you still
call clean and so you will leak the gpio?

Jon