[PATCH v1] PNP: Release protocol device on registration failure
Yuho Choi <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 23:54:53 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.acpi.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
pnp_register_protocol() adds a protocol to the PNP list before calling
device_register(). If device registration fails, pnp_remove_protocol() only
removes the list entry and leaves the device-core reference acquired by
device_initialize() held.
Give static protocol devices a release callback and drop the reference on
registration failure. Also stop PNP ACPI device enumeration when protocol
registration fails, instead of using an unregistered protocol device as a
parent.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <[email protected]>
---
drivers/pnp/core.c | 9 ++++++++-
drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/core.c b/drivers/pnp/core.c
index 81603327079c..fc3bff43fdd8 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/core.c
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ static LIST_HEAD(pnp_protocols);
LIST_HEAD(pnp_global);
DEFINE_MUTEX(pnp_lock);
+static void pnp_protocol_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+}
+
/*
* ACPI or PNPBIOS should tell us about all platform devices, so we can
* skip some blind probes. ISAPNP typically enumerates only plug-in ISA
@@ -66,14 +70,17 @@ int pnp_register_protocol(struct pnp_protocol *protocol)
protocol->number = nodenum;
dev_set_name(&protocol->dev, "pnp%d", nodenum);
+ protocol->dev.release = pnp_protocol_release;
list_add_tail(&protocol->protocol_list, &pnp_protocols);
mutex_unlock(&pnp_lock);
ret = device_register(&protocol->dev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
pnp_remove_protocol(protocol);
+ put_device(&protocol->dev);
+ }
return ret;
}
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
index fbf03ff007eb..da0ebc378696 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
@@ -298,12 +298,17 @@ static acpi_status __init pnpacpi_add_device_handler(acpi_handle handle,
int pnpacpi_disabled __initdata;
static int __init pnpacpi_init(void)
{
+ int ret;
+
if (acpi_disabled || pnpacpi_disabled) {
printk(KERN_INFO "pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled\n");
return 0;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "pnp: PnP ACPI init\n");
- pnp_register_protocol(&pnpacpi_protocol);
+ ret = pnp_register_protocol(&pnpacpi_protocol);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
acpi_get_devices(NULL, pnpacpi_add_device_handler, NULL, NULL);
printk(KERN_INFO "pnp: PnP ACPI: found %d devices\n", num);
pnp_platform_devices = 1;
--
2.43.0